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Don't tell D. Wayne Lukas the odds or the percentages, he knows how to win when it counts.

On paper, the Preakness looks like an easy assignment for Kentucky Derby winner Orb, but there's one horse that can beat him.

The odds were in Todd Pletcher's favor in the Kentucky Oaks when Princess of Sylmar ran to an upset win. Will fortune be so favorable in Saturday's Derby?

When it comes to race, gender and country of origin and Kentucky Derby jockeys, the real question someday might be, When will another American win the race?

When he was a small boy Victor Lebron watched the Kentucky Derby on television and announced to his father that someday he would ride in America's greatest horse race.

Canadian racing had a long and successful partnership with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, a relationship that was pouring money into racing and the province.

The same horse I picked to win the Kentucky Derby on November 24 will be the horse I pick on May 4.

Qualifying for the Kentucky Derby was changed this year, and the new points system ought to have females everywhere up in arms.

On any day at any racetrack there is a trainer or two or more that has been suspended for drug violations.

You can't name a thoroughbred race horse just anything.

The Tampa Bay Derby was more of the same for the sensational colt Verrazano.

At a track that was supposed to have been closed by now, in a sport many have written off for dead, business is booming at Meadowlands.

Rick Pitino has the "horses." In Russ Smith, Chane Behanan, Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng, he has the type of strong, athletic players that could take his Louisville Cardinals all the way to an NCAA championship.

For the savvy, price-conscious horseplayer, there is no worse bet in the sport than Gulfstream Park's Rainbow Six.

Of course Todd Pletcher can lose the Kentucky Derby. But he also could dominate the Run for the Roses in a way no trainer ever has.

Little Mike had his first workout of 2013 Sunday and Wise Dan's return to serious training probably isn't too far behind.