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Jockey Rosie Napravnik reportedly will be sidelined four to six weeks after injuring her shoulder when the 4-year-old filly Socialbug was fatally injured during a workout Sunday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn, who hails from Nevada, would choose to double down on the incendiary comments he made after his horse failed to win the third jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday.

Rival trainers all say California Chrome is the best horse in the Belmont Stakes. But there are threatening contenders who could derail a Triple Crown bid.

Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome breezed a half-mile in 47.69 seconds Saturday morning in his final serious move before the Belmont Stakes.

The five greatest obstacles to California Chrome completing his Triple Crown quest in the Belmont Stakes.

Pimlico's failure to provide adequate handicapped parking shows misplaced priorities of racing

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome has just three weeks and 1 1/2 miles of racing ahead of him in his bid to become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown winner.

California Chrome was the best 3-year-old thoroughbred in America going into the Kentucky Derby. He was the best at Churchill Downs. And now he's the 2014 Preakness Stakes champion after distancing himself from Saturday's 10-horse field.

Tom Chuckas, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club, said Saturday that he would like to see horse racing's Triple Crown events played out over two months, not five weeks.

Todd Pletcher arrived at his Pimlico paddock this morning to find his filly, Stopchargingmaria, full of energy. Coming off disappointing performances in her two races this year, Pletcher didn't know what his amped-up horse would deliver.

Graham Motion couldn't figure out what he had in Ring Weekend for the longest time. But the gelding will run in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

With Triple Crown season upon us, we are calling on Congress to pass the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act to protect the sport's athletes — both equine and human — and begin to restore integrity and confidence in an industry whose reputation has been badly sullied.

California Chrome will be the Preakness favorite as he continues his quest to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

If you go Preakness 2014 this weekend, odds are you'll recognize the voice calling the race. That's because the voice belongs to Dave Rodman, who has called the Preakness — and every other horse race at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, except when he was sick or on vacation — every year since 1991. "I've never really put a number to it," said Rodman, when asked to estimate how many races he's called. "I'm not trying to break any world records or anything."

Coley Blind, of Monkton, has needed all the good luck he can get. In a racing office abuzz with activity, he is responsible for putting together the stakes races on Maryland's biggest race day of the year, including the biggest race of all — this Saturday's 140th Preakness Stakes, the second leg of racing's Triple Crown.

California Chrome took a quick liking to the surface at Pimlico Race Course Tuesday in his first workout since arriving in Baltimore.

After California Chrome took his first few steps on the grounds at Pimlico Race Course, he stopped to pose for photos just like the star he is.

If the horse racing world needed a little more evidence heading into Preakness week that the erstwhile "Sport of Kings" has turned a corner in Maryland, consider this scene on a misty Friday morning at the idyllic Fair Hill Training Center outside Elkton.

When Rosie Napravnik ventures to Pimlico Race Course to ride Bayern in Saturday's 139th running of the Preakness, the 26-year-old riding star can expect an emotional homecoming.

Five key storylines heading into the 2014 Preakness Stakes.

Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome is scheduled to arrive at Pimlico Race Course Monday afternoon after a charter flight from Louisville.

A year ago, his horse, Golden Soul, finished second in the Kentucky Derby as a 34-1 underdog. On Saturday, the Kentucky-based trainer pulled off another second-place finish, this time with 38-1 underdog Commanding Curve.

All winter and spring, California Chrome kept getting better.

Jockey Megan Fadlovich complained of concussion symptoms, and fellow rider Marcelino Pedroza Jr. complained of lower back pain after the incident

Kentucky Derby favorite California Chrome is the product of novice owners and a trainer who hasn't been to the Kentucky Derby since 1955.

Wicked Strong represents Boston, both through his name and through owner Donald Little Jr.'s promise to give 5 percent of the colt's Triple Crown winnings to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Untapable is an overwhelming Kentucky Oaks favorite, and the question around Churchill Downs hasn't been if Steve Asmussen's horse will win, but by how much.

Hoppertunity, the second-favorite coming out of Wednesday's post position draw, has been scratched from Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Trainer Art Sherman is saddling California Chrome, the favorite in Saturday's 140th Kentucky Derby.

Trainer Mike Maker could have as big a say as anyone in determining the winner of Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby favorite California Chrome jogged an easy two miles as his team awaited the late afternoon draw that will determine his starting position in the 20-horse field.

Prominent Maryland trainer Richard "Dickie" Small, who conditioned 1994 Breeders¿ Cup Classic winner Concern, died late Friday night after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

Larry Collmus, a 1984 Mount St. Joseph graduate, has been named race caller for Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, beginning with opening night of the season on April 26.

Looking back at the month of May 2013 in Harford County

One of the half-brothers of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who finished a close up third in Saturday's Travers Stakes at Saratoga, has moved to Maryland in preparation for entering stallion duty at Country Life Farm in Bel Air.

Annual world championship of thoroughbred racing has strong ties with Pimlico owner Stronach Group

Many at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, from celebrated trainers to $2 bettors, offered thoughts of what to do with Old Hilltop, the methuselan home of the 138th Preakness Stakes.

Gary Stevens rode Oxbow to a win over Orb in the 2013 Preakness at Pimlico Race Course, spoiling Orb's Triple Crown bid.

With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness.

No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course and waited out a mid-afternoon downpour to see Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to win the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

John Velazquez's run of misfortune began when he broke a rib and his right wrist during a tumble at Aqueduct Racetrack in April.

The weather at Pimlico Race Course is a concern for jockeys at the Preakness today.

Nearly a quarter century ago, Gary Stevens was an up-and-coming jockey in Southern California, hoping to make his mark on the sport, put a lot of money in the bank and move on to something else as quickly as possible.

There's a reason Shug McGaughey has remained unshackled by concern leading up to the Preakness: Orb.