Big Brown should win easily as an odds-on favorite. The challenge is finding horses to fill out your exotics....( read more )

From the Maryland Jockey Club Baltimore Big Brown, the unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner, is scheduled to ship from Churchill Downs to Pimlico Wednesday afternoon on a flight with Preakness runners Tres Borrachos and Racecar Rhapsody. Preakness officials have been told the flight with Big Brown is scheduled...

Desormeaux returns to Maryland with Derby winner; Hey Byrn, Icabad Crane, Riley Tucker join the cast Baltimore From the Maryland Jockey Club Twenty-one years ago Kent Desormeaux announced his presence with authority in Maryland by winning 450 races. Two years later he broke the all-time single season...

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Expect a bit of acrimonious controversy to bubble up at Aqueduct this week when a festering dispute between jockeys and their valets spills into public. Jockeys, who apparently believe they should actually pay for nothing including personal service, want out of the commission paid to valets, five percent...

Two weeks after finishing in the wake of Big Brown (Boundary) in the Florida Derby (G1), HEY BYRN (Put It Back) found a field he could handle in Saturday's $150,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park, turning back a late challenge from Dream Maestro (Concerto) to register a 2 1/4-length victory...

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HEY BYRN (Put It Back), an impressive two-time allowance winner at Gulfstream Park prior to a fourth in the Florida Derby (G1), is clearly the one to beat in Saturday's $150,000 Holy Bull S. (G3). Trained by Ed Plesa Jr., Hey Byrn will stretch out to 1 3/16 miles while wheeling back off a two-week...

IEAH Stables et al's BIG BROWN (Boundary) came into the Florida Derby (G1) inexperienced and untested from two career outings, but left as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby (G1) after posting a superb, five-length tour-de-force at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. read more

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