The usual post-Derby dilemma for trainers and owners is whether their horses are up for the two-week turnaround at the Preakness. This year, the race is at Laurel Park on May 16 while the traditional Pimlico Race Course is being rebuilt.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Puma has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby, so the 152nd edition of the race will be run Saturday with 19 horses instead of the maximum 20. Churchill Downs officials announced The Puma was out because of a swollen leg from a skin infection.

The first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Cherie DeVaux experienced the thrill of a lifetime as Golden Tempo made his historic stretch run.

The self-made billionaire outsider is looking to win his first Kentucky Derby, then plans on filing a lawsuit against a racing establishment he says is standing in the way of progress. At 5-foot-7, Edwin Maldonado is slightly too tall for his chosen profession,