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A Beginner’s Guide to the 2026 Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park

Last year Pimlico Race Course and Thoroughbred racing celebrated the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. After the milestone edition, the venue closed for a complete rebuild of the Baltimore facility and the 2026 Preakness Stakes has been shifted about 30 miles southwest to Laurel Park in Laurel, Md.

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Beginner’s Guide to the 2026 Kentucky Derby

If you’ve opened this story you probably are interested in the Kentucky Derby but might not know a whole lot about horse racing or the Triple Crown. Never fear, America’s Best Racing is here to help.

The Kentucky Derby is the most-watched horse race of the year in the United States and is widely considered one of the most important sporting events in the country, having grown to become much more than just a horse race since Aristides won the first edition in 1875.

Triple Crown Turning Point: Overcoming Tragedy on Citation’s Journey to Greatness

Few breeders and owners have defined an era as Calumet Farm did in the 1940s. What started as a Standardbred farm in the 1920s transitioned into a nursery for a long list of racing immortals in the 1930s.

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Byron King’s Derby Dozen for April 9

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his weekly Derby Dozen for 2026, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 2.

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Big-Race Showdown: Lexington Stakes, Apple Blossom Handicap Selections

For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

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