Trainer Bob Baffert will try for his ninth Preakness Stakes (G1) win with 8-5 morning-line favorite Muth and 6-1 co-third choice Imagination. Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is second choice at 5-2 for Saturday's race at Pimlico Race Course.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan made his first trip to the Pimlico Race Course main track May 13—a sealed and muddy surface—as he prepares for a start in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 18.

Cajun land has been a breeding ground for so many great jockeys, including Kentucky Derby (G1) winners Eric Guerin, Eddie Delahoussaye, Kent Desormeaux, and Calvin Borel.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan arrived at Pimlico Race Course just after 4 p.m. ET May 12 for a run in the May 18 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) following a van ride from Churchill Downs.

Albaugh Family Stables' Catching Freedom, the Kentucky Derby (G1) fourth-place finisher, will run in the May 18 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, trainer Brad Cox said May 12.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan will continue his pursuit of racing's Triple Crown in the May 18 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, trainer Kenny McPeek confirmed May 11.

Bob Baffert trainees Muth and Imagination had their final timed workouts May 10 in preparation for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1). They covered six furlongs in tandem in 1:11 4/5 at Santa Anita Park.   

A thrilling 150th renewal of the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) and increased betting numbers through the week were not the only positive stories to come out of Churchill Downs early this month. There was also encouraging news on the equine safety front.

Jockey Jaime Torres earned his first graded stakes victory aboard Seize the Grey in the Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) and now has the chance to bring home the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) while wearing silks that mean a lot to him.

Kentucky stewards fined Tyler Gaffalione $2,500 after a May 9 review of the stretch run by Sierra Leone and Forever Young during the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. has confidence in Mystik Dan's ability ahead of a potential rematch with Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course May 18.

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Speaking during a National Thoroughbred Racing Association teleconference May 9, NTRA president and CEO Tom Rooney noted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's signing of a bill into law Thursday that will remake Maryland racing around Pimlico Race Course.

D. Wayne Lukas, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999, has given the mount aboard Just Steel in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) to the latest jockey elected into the Hall of Fame: Joel Rosario, whose induction ceremony is this summer.

Stronghold and Endlessly have settled back in at Santa Anita following their efforts in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. Both could travel back across the country: Stronghold to a dirt race in the Midwest, Endlessly to a grass race.

Following his brave nose victory in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, Mystik Dan is now ranked among the leaders in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings. His rating of 120 propels him into a tie for sixth-place tie.

Retired jockey Robby Albarado has been a secret ingredient in the preparations of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan since he was a 2-year-old and will accompany the colt to Pimlico Race Course should he enter the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1).

Retired jockey Robby Albarado discusses his connection with Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan after galloping the horse at Churchill Downs May 9 in preparation for a potential start in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

Letters to the editor for the May 9 edition of BH Daily.

In the five years since the Maximum Security decision, the Kentucky stewards still have not learned that the way you communicate to the public that an incident is being reviewed is to post the inquiry sign.