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Summer Applause ground her way to the lead in the stretch in the $148,500 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes Presented by Toyota, then held off Sea Island for a two-length win May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

Running for the first time in 2013, Michael Dubb's Sage Valley earned his fourth straight victory in a row when he took the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico Race Course May 18.

Brian Hernandez Jr., from his developmental days on Louisiana bush tracks, will make his Triple Crown debut aboard Departing in the Preakness Stakes.

The second foal out of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra was born Feb. 12 at Stonestreet Farms near Lexington, Stonestreet representatives confirmed that afternoon.

The Belmont Stakes was a thriller, all right -- just not as thrilling as it could have been.

News broke slowly at first, murmured around the backside at Belmont Park, and shared between trainers and jockey agents, those in the know.

Two days before Kentucky Derby 138, Zayat and his son Justin, friends in tow, escaped the confines of Churchill Downs, left Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with their 3-year-old colt on cruise control, and split for the rolling hills of central Kentucky.

He was a big bay colt with a crooked blaze drifting down over his left nostril, a speedy front-runner whose victory in the Preakness came sandwiched between the years of Native Dancer and Nashua.

If Mike Harrington had his way, there would be no pesky reporters snooping around the barn in the days before the Preakness. Things would be quiet at Pimlico Race Course -- just a man and his horse, then a race and a win.

Word in the press box regarding all new shooters for Saturday's 137th running of the Preakness Stakes: they've got no shot.

Ruler On Ice was the only horse in the Belmont Stakes field of 12 to have previously won on a sloppy track, and the third chestnut to win one of the Triple Crown races this year.

The pressure is off Tom Durkin, now that his 10-year stint as the voice of the Triple Crown is over, writes Claire Novak.

In the moments after a disappointing loss, two things always happen: The winner is surrounded by a jubilant throng, and the loser gets to watch.

Hyperbole surrounds the supposed difficulty Derby contenders face when wheeling back in the Preakness.

There are 146 racing dates in Maryland this year. Only one of them matters.

For WinStar Farm, the best decision was not to press Drosselmeyer toward graded earnings in an attempt to make the Kentucky Derby field.