The Maryland Stadium Authority board of directors April 20 gave near-unanimous approval to spending $48.5 million to purchase Laurel Park for use as a training center.

This week's The List takes a look at four stallions expected to have their first-ever Kentucky Derby (G1) runners May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Beginning in 2027, Churchill Downs Inc. will control the first two legs of the Triple Crown as the company on April 21 purchased the intellectual property rights to the Preakness Stakes (G1).

This week's The List takes a look at four stallions expected to have their first-ever Kentucky Derby (G1) runners May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Wearing blinkers for his April 20 breeze, which he recorded in 1:00 for 5 furlongs, Chief Wallabee is ready to take a step forward in the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1).

On the April 20 edition of BloodHorse Monday: Jockey Junior Alvarado talks about seeking a repeat Derby victory with Chief Wallabee and analyzes Sovereignty's Oaklawn Handicap (G2), Alan Porter dives into this year's Derby pedigrees.

By reviewing decades of Kentucky Derby (G1) results for commonalities uniting past winners (or losers), handicappers can build a profile of a typical Kentucky Derby winner.

Thanks to The Puma and In Our Time, two horses bred by Brian Kahn are giving the Californian two months to remember.

Ranked 22nd on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard and needing two defections to get in the field, grade 1 winner Intrepido will ship to Churchill Downs following a fast work April 19 at Santa Anita Park.

As the son of multiple grade 1-winning jockey Stewart Elliott, Christopher Elliott grew up around horse racing's brightest lights. Now, he is set for one of the sport's biggest stages as he's slated to ride Right to Party in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Undefeated 3-year-old colt Taj Mahal is bound for the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) following a dominant victory April 18 in the Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park.

Three Chimneys Farm's Ottinho, runner-up to Further Ado in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1), will bypass the Kentucky Derby (G1) in favor of a start in either the Preakness Stakes (G1) or Peter Pan Stakes (G3), trainer Chad Brown said April 18.

Florida Derby (G1) runner-up The Puma and Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Albus were among the Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders who breezed across the country April 18, two weeks out from the May 2 1 1/4-mile classic.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and WinStar Farm, looks at Equibase Ratings of this year's United States-based Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls.

Presumptive Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Renegade had his penultimate work before the first Saturday in May April 16 at Palm Beach Downs.

For the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1), oddsmaker Nick Tammaro's current projection lists Renegade at 9-2, Commandment at 5-1, and Further Ado at 6-1.

Resolute Racing's Volendam comes in off an impressive debut and leads a field of 10 in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park April 18.

Trainer Riley Mott gives an update April 15 on his two Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders: Wood Memorial (G2) winner Albus, who is training at Churchill Downs, and Virginia Derby winner Incredibolt, who has been training in Florida.

America's Best Racing provides an early cheat sheet of possible runners for this year's Kentucky Derby (G1). A field of up to 20 runners and any also-eligible horses will be drawn April 25.

Maryland Jockey Club president and general manager Bill Knauf has denied a published report that it is "set" to move the date of the Preakness Stakes (G1) and said it is premature to say there will definitely be a date change.