Todd Pletcher

They all wondered: How good can she be? On cold spring mornings in Kentucky, retired Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero exercised a colt alongside the filly Rags to Riches and watched her effortless athleticism, a...

The Preakness doesn't truly exist in the present, except for the slightly less than two minutes it takes to run the race on Saturday afternoon. It is the quintessential look-back, look-ahead sporting event.

In the most predictable of scenarios, the Kentucky Derby is a vast riddle. Young athletes (horses) are being asked to run further than they have run in their brief, competitive lives and, in truth, further than most...

He could see this call coming. Not long after the end of last year's Kentucky Derby, trainer Todd Pletcher's cellphone buzzed to life. His 3-year-old colt, Bluegrass Cat, had just run second to Barbaro with a solid...

Four Saturdays remain until Kentucky Derby 133. Five major prep races are scheduled for the next two weekends, beginning with the Wood Memorial, Santa Anita Derby and Illinois Derby on Saturday. Some things we know....