Horse Racing

5:15 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Preakness Stakes will be run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Oct. 3 without fans, making it a spectator-free sweep of the three Triple Crown races this year because of the global pandemic. The Maryland Jockey Club and Stronach Group that owns and manages Pimlico made the

6:37 PM ET Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — For Kentucky governors, it’s a coveted perk — presenting the trophy to the Kentucky Derby winner as a huge national television audience watches. But Gov. Andy Beshear says he won’t be in the winner’s circle Saturday with the triumphant owners at Churchill Downs. Instead, the Democratic governor

1:22 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tiz the Law is the 3-5 morning-line favorite for the 146th Kentucky Derby and will attempt to become the first winner from the No. 17 post position drawn for Saturday’s rescheduled marquee race for 3-year-olds. All the race favorites will break from the outside. Second choice Honor

11:31 AM ET ESPN.com staff The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentcuky, sans fans. Usually the first race of the Triple Crown, the Derby was rescheduled from May 2 to Sept. 5 due to the pandemic. Tiz the Law took the first leg of the

1:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer, is back at his Churchill Downs barn after recovering from COVID-19. Lukas, who turns 85 on Wednesday, said he got “really sick.” “I couldn’t get any air and I felt like I was drifting away,” he said. “You just

5:35 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Jockey Club’s group chief executive resigned Sunday after a review found evidence to support allegations of “bullying behavior” and “inappropriate racist comments.” A review into allegations about Delia Bushell’s conduct found it “untenable” for her to stay in the role, the organization’s board said. Bushell was one

3:52 PM ET Associated Press Jockeys riding in the rescheduled 146th Kentucky Derby have to arrive by Monday and then quarantine upon returning to their home tracks, just one of many changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Churchill Downs had proposed an arrival date of Aug. 24 — nearly two weeks before the Derby

5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal appeals court has upheld the decision by Churchill Downs stewards that made Country House the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby. This year’s Derby is Sept. 5 after being rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in

5:21 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The California Horse Racing Board has voted to proceed with a complaint seeking the disqualification of Justify from his victory in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby based on laboratory findings that show his post-race sample tested positive for scopolamine. The racing board won’t file a complaint against

7:42 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — A 4-year-old gelding died Monday during training at Del Mar, the second fatality during the summer meet. Irreproachable was injured during a workout on the dirt track, according to the California Horse Racing Board website, which did not specify the injury. Trained by Phil D’Amato, the