Jockey Wayne D. Wright, who won all three Triple Crown races, and 1875 Preakness winner and great handicap horse Tom Ochiltree have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The Historic Review Committee of the Hall of Fame announced the two new members Wednesday for induction Aug. 12 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. They join contemporary selections Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, trainer Steve Asmussen, and jockey Ramon Dominguez as 2016 inductees.

As the field for the 141st Preakness continues to take shape, plans were confirmed for Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist to return to light training Wednesday morning at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, where the colt arrived Monday evening following a flight from Churchill Downs along with six other horses from the Doug O’Neill stable.

Nyquist will make his first visit to the track at about 8:30 a.m. Eastern, according to a Tuesday afternoon news release from Pimlico. Assistant Jack Sisterson is overseeing the colt while O’Neill is home in California.

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Nyquist remains unbeaten, takes all of the roses

About six weeks ago, just a few days before the Florida Derby, owner Paul Reddam said during a lengthy telephone conversation that if Nyquist could get through that race and the Kentucky Derby as he and trainer Doug O’Neill hoped, they believed they’d have a far fresher horse for the Triple Crown than they did four years ago with their 2012 Derby winner, I’ll Have Another.

May 6

Churchill

La Troienne (race 6)

Handle on the Kentucky Derby this year dipped to its lowest level since 2011, and the overnight television rating slipped to its lowest point since 2012, a surprising show of weakness rooted somewhat in the crash of a popular account-wagering site and, perhaps, the cathartic effect of last year’s successful Triple Crown bid.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – What’s the first word that comes to mind when it comes to the team of Nyquist and jockey Mario Gutierrez? Perfection!

Gutierrez is undefeated in eight starts aboard Nyquist after putting up a textbook ride in guiding the undefeated, reigning juvenile male champion to a popular victory in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The win was the second in as many tries for Gutierrez in America’s most prestigious horse race. In 2012, he rode I’ll Have Another to victory for the same connections, owner Paul  Reddam and trainer Doug O’Neill.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If trainer Keith Desormeaux was disappointed about coming up 1 1/4 lengths short of winning the Kentucky Derby in his first try, it certainly was hard to tell.

“I don’t know how I could feel any better if I had won,” Desormeaux said.

It took the 49-year-old Desormeaux 25 years to get to the Kentucky Derby, and his horse ran too well to be upset. A bit of traffic 3 1/2 furlongs from the wire could have meant the difference between winning and losing. In the end, Exaggerator finished second to Nyquist, who remained unbeaten in eight starts.

Here are the payoffs from the 142nd Kentucky Derby:

Nyquist paid $6.60, $4.80, and $3.60. Exaggerator paid $5.40 and $4.20. Gun Runner paid $6 to show.

The $1 double (8-13) paid $37.80.

The $1 Super High Five (13-11-5-14-2) paid $5,794.50.

The $2 exacta (13-11) paid $30.60.

The $2 trifecta (13-11-5) paid $173.40.

The 50-cent pick three (6-8-13) paid $226.50. The 6-1-13 pick three (#1 Gran Tito was a late scratch in race 11) paid $27.30.

The 50-cent pick four (9-6-8-13) paid $5,723.80.

Wagering and attendance on Friday at Churchill Downs were records for a Kentucky Oaks Day, the second straight year in which the standards fell.

Helped by mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s, attendance was 124,589, slightly higher than the reported attendance last year of 123,589, when weather conditions were nearly similar. All-sources wagering was $49.0 million, up 6 percent over last year’s record all-sources handle of $46.1 million. However, this year Churchill held 13 races on the Oaks card, one more than last year.