Desormeaux won't ride Dullahan at Belmont

Kent Desormeaux will not ride Dullahan in the Belmont Stakes June 9, the Des Moines Register reported Monday.

What they're saying about I'll Have Another and the Triple Crown

Here’s a look at what some media outlets are saying about I’ll Have Another and his shot at the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

Preakness winner I'll Have Another feels fine as he prepares to leave Baltimore

I'll Have Another, fresh off winning the second leg of the Triple Crown, nipped at anyone who came by Sunday morning.

Preakness notes: I'll Have Another gives Pimlico bettors plenty of reasons to celebrate

They might not have rivaled the revelry in the winner's circle after Saturday's Preakness, but the lines in front of the tellers' windows at Pimlico Race Course were abuzz with fans shouting in excitement about their winning tickets.

Dramatic win caps off well-attended Preakness

The largest crowd in Preakness Stakes history watched the thrilling victory of a horse that's now on a Triple Crown hunt, jammed to pop band Maroon 5 and basked under a Saturday sky whose only clouds were the wispy letters of an advertisement sprayed from a plane.

Preakness coverage by NBC shows power of preparation

NBC Sports says it had 170 employees in Baltimore this week to cover the Preakness, and from the looks of the TV package it presented, all of them earned their keep.

Kevin Cowherd: With future at Pimlico secure, Preakness 2012 is best in years

Let's come right out and say it: This was the best Preakness we've had in years.

Otherwise engaged at Preakness

Sam Grossman's fifth year as official bugler for the Preakness is one he'll never forget. Neither will his new fiancee, Valerie Moore, to whom he proposed between bugling duties for the fifth and the sixth races on Saturday.

Preakness revelers try to catch sight of Maroon 5's Adam Levine

Twenty-year-old twins Kyla and Keegan Cytryn of Allentown, N.J., stood on their tip-toes to catch a glimpse of Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, from the grass beside the outdoor stage.

Preakness 2012 attendance could be among highest ever

Baltimore Police say up to 50,000 people have shown up at Pimlico for the Preakness Stakes. The department expects about 112,000 people to come to the event by the time this evening's big race has been run.

Preakness 2012 becomes bride-to-be's bachelorette party

Paige Tanner of Lancaster, Pa. reveled in the infield Saturday celebrating her first Preakness -- and her last few months as a single woman.

A few pre-race Preakness thoughts, and the current odds

A few final thoughts as we approach the 6:18 post time for the 137th running of the Preakness:

Race-by-race results at Pimlico

Race 1

I'll Have Another trainer tells governor horse is 'gonna win' Preakness Stakes

Gov. Martin O'Malley scored the behind-the-scene tour most Preakness fans wish for: an up-close look at the 11 horses in the Stakes Stables.

A distinct Terps flavor at Preakness 2012

University of Maryland fans made their presence felt Saturday through their ownership of horses whose names clearly showed their allegiance to the Terps.

As Preakness nears, trainer Doug O'Neill still difficult to figure out

Mike Amodei has a son now. James is slightly autistic. At age 15, he’s a few years older than Doug O’Neill was when Amodei met him 30 years ago.

At Preakness 2012, finding luck at the betting window

Jeremy Gardner is getting lucky with first-time horse gambles, and he isn't planning to stop anytime soon. 

Preakness 2012 Infield beer waits swell to 30 minutes

Revelers in the Preakness Infield were jovial Saturday morning, staking out prime spots -- near the track for some, and near concert stages for others.

Preakness infield largely laid-back

The crowd as a whole is behaving surprisingly lucid and laidback, enjoying their neon yellow mugs full of beer. Anyone turned off by the debauchery of say, five years ago, might want to consider coming back.

Onetime Preakness infielders upgrade to the grandstands

This year marks the second Preakness for both Dave Bowser and his girlfriend, Angela Alexander -- and both expect this experience to be quite different from their first.

Preakness 2012 volleyball brings out Olympic-level competitors

Twenty-seven-old Minju Kim from Seoul, South Korea, found the early races a big yawn, so she and her friend Jieun Yi of Philadelphia stopped by the volleyball field.

Preakness graffiti under control, on a chalkboard

In the middle of the infield at Preakness 2012, there are six long horizontal blackboards filled with scribbles of neon chalk. The randomness of the grafitti is appropriately light-hearted and innocuous.

Preakness 2012 brings Ky. friends to Pimlico in quest for Triple Crown

Ralph Hicks and Joe Masterson, of Bardstown, Ky., are going for the Triple Crown this year.

Black-Eyed Susans for sale at Preakness 2012

"Black-Eyed Susans! Get 'em here!" Emanuel Sabedra shouted inside the front gates, above the excited throngs and circling planes and buzzing engines of golf carts zipping by.

Michael Matz's Teeth of the Dog could surprise in Preakness after Union Rags' disappointing Derby

At the desk where he works through entries after all of his morning training sessions are through, Michael Matz keeps a photo leaning against the wall.

Preakness 2012 encourages entrepreneurship in Pimlico neighborhood

For $3 a person, you can use the bathroom of Carol Hines' home on Winner St, across from Pimlico race course. 

Preakness infield party already rocking early Saturday morning

It's wasn't even 10 a.m., and the party was already well underway on the Preakness Infield, with bands playing and fans celebrating.

Preakness 2012 begins at 5:30 a.m. for Pa. family

The Wean family of the Poconos, Pa.,  started Preakness day the same way every year -- waking up at 5:30 a.m. to make the drive to Pimlico.

Rapid Redux is still retired, but his retirement home is still to be determined

On Thursday owner Robert Cole said Rapid Redux would not race again and trainer David Wells said he would be going to The Kentucky Horse Park. But there was a catch. 

Desormeaux won't ride Tiger Walk at Preakness

Kent Desormeaux, who was taken off his mounts Friday at Belmont after failing a Breathalyzer test, will not ride Sagamore Farm’s Tiger Walk in the Preakness.