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A race of considerably less importance than the Preakness will serve as the Churchill Downs feature Saturday: The Keertana, a $65,000 overnight stakes, will have its first running when matching 10 filly-and-mare turf marathoners.

In the 138th Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, there is no question Orb is the horse is to beat. The target will be easy to spot, because he will be wearing saddle cloth No. 1.

After Orb scored his decisive victory in the Kentucky Derby and was hailed as a bright new star of racing, many handicappers had a reason for skepticism. They had seen this scenario before.

In many years, a Kentucky Derby winner who won the roses on a wet track with a modest Beyer Speed Figure of 104 would be only a tepid favorite for the second leg of the Triple Crown. On Saturday, however, Orb will be even money or less in the 138th ...

A quintet of juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :10.20 seconds on Wednesday to tie for the fastest time at the distance during the first of two under-tack shows preceding next week’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.

Statistically speaking, Preakness winners come out slightly better than Kentucky Derby winners during their stallion careers in the contemporary era dating from 1990, when stallion books began to expand dramatically.

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 5/17 card at The Meadowlands.

Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 5/17 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Greg Gangle's analysis of the Friday 5/17 card at Woodbine Harness.

Eric Kronfeld, best known for breeding 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, died May 15 following a battle with cancer. He was 71.

Pimlico Race Course will have a deep and diverse wagering menu for its Friday and Saturday cards that are topped by the respective Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness. Advance wagering on the Preakness will open Friday.

Modern Family, purchased for $110,000 in January, will be one of the favorites in the $180,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial at the Meadowlands on Saturday night.

Whether they play Pimlico regularly or not, many horseplayers across the country will make their biggest plays of the weekend on races there Friday and Saturday. And to get an edge in those races it helps to have an understanding of recent track trends.

The horses to watch at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training were selected in advance of the important under-tack breeze shows last Wednesday and Thursday, with the selections based on the catalog page.

When Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic division holds its sale of 2-year-olds in training Monday and Tuesday, it will have at least three things going for it even before the first bid rolls in: an apparently fervid market for quality juveniles, new optimism ...

Though they will both try to stop Orb’s Triple Crown bid in Saturday’s Preakness, fellow Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas were more than happy to welcome Shug McGaughey to the fraternity of Kentucky Derby-winning trainers.

Orb beat 18 rivals when he won the Kentucky Derby on May 4, and he did it so convincingly that only five of those runners are trying again in the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday here at Pimlico, along with three newcomers to the Triple Crown trail. ...

Will Horton will pretty much be running his entire stable at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, when Will Take Charge starts in the Grade 1, $1 million Preakness Stakes and Laurie’s Rocket goes in the Grade 3, $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap.