They each have won a Kentucky Derby and two runnings of the Belmont Stakes. When it comes to the Preakness, however, trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez have been blanked.

The equine herpesvirus quarantine at Parx Racing was lifted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Tuesday after all of the horses in a quarantined barn and an ontrack isolation area tested negative for the disease. The quarantine had been in place since April 1.

BALTIMORE - The announced defection of Gun Runner from Saturday’s 141st Preakness Stakes put the focus even more on the rematch between Kentucky Derby one-two finishers Nyquist and Exaggerator in the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Gene Stevens, the publisher of the Florida-based Post Time USA for nearly four decades, died on May 13 at his home in Miami, according to accounts from friends. Stevens, who had diabetes, was 81.

Born in Brooklyn, Stevens founded Post Time USA in 1973 with several partners. The publication, which was shuttered in 2010, typically contained several stories and columns on horse racing topics and sometimes hundreds of color photographs of personalities from the racing, show business, and political spheres.

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Brown runs 1-2 in Man o’ War

In the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby, and the days after, trainer Doug O’Neill has seemed completely at ease for a guy going through his second serious go-round on the Triple Crown trail, this time with a horse who has yet to lose.

BALTIMORE – Nyquist, the Kentucky Derby winner, spent Monday morning at Pimlico getting acquainted with the paddock and the starting gate. His trainer, Doug O’Neill, past performances in hand, will spend the next few days getting acquainted with the new competition that awaits Nyquist in Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness Stakes.

The wife of leading trainer Karl Broberg was declared lost at sea Monday after she apparently fell from one of the top decks of a cruise ship early Friday morning, according to news reports.

Samantha Broberg, 33, was declared missing Friday afternoon from a Carnival cruise ship en route from Galveston, Texas, to Cozumel, Mexico. The cruise-ship company later said that video cameras recorded Broberg falling from the 10th deck of the ship after she sat on a railing and fell backward at approximately 2 a.m. Friday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Dale Romans has an incredible knack for making news, even when it doesn’t involve him winning a Preakness or a Dubai World Cup or a Breeders’ Cup race or upsetting a Triple Crown champion.

The latest news cycle involving Romans came when he and several passengers were injured in a frightening automobile accident in the Churchill Downs neighborhood just a few hours after the Kentucky Derby on May 7.

In the midst of another strong season, trainer Mark Casse hit a milestone Saturday when Reimburse took the second race at Gulfstream Park, becoming the 2,000th winner of Casse’s training career.