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Is there a compelling reason to watch the 2019 Belmont Stakes? Here are that and four other storylines heading into the June 8 race.

Mark Casse was at Pimlico Race Course before 6 a.m. Sunday, relishing his Preakness victory and looking ahead to a Belmont Stakes run for War of Will.

A confounding Triple Crown season continued Saturday when War of Will won the Preakness in an upset at Pimlico Race Course.

Columnist Peter Schmuck gives his take on the Preakness and everything that led up to War of Will's victory.

Check back here for race-by-race results from 2019 Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course.

Bodexpress threw Hall of Fame jockey John Velasquez in the starting gate, but fortunately stayed out of the way while running around the track at Pimlico.

Kentucky Derby notebook: In a race defined by a controversial disqualification, trainer Bob Baffert's highly touted trio of contenders never challenged the lead.

Omaha Beach, undefeated in two major prep races this year, is the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby.

Here's our latest update on the top 10 contenders to watch for the 2019 Kentucky Derby.

The race-by-race results from Preakness Day 2018 on a muddy track as the rain fell throughout the day,

Morning-line favorite Uncle Mojo pulled ahead on the final turn and cruised to victory in the sixth race on Preakness Day.

WinStar Farm and president/CEO Elliott Walden co-own Derby favorite Justify, another strong contender in Florida Derby winner Audible and Noble Indy. The farm also bred Bolt d’Oro, an 8-1 co-fourth choice in the morning line.

Justify will start from the No. 7 post as a morning-line favorite in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

With an unusually strong field set to converge on Churchill Downs, here are the top five storylines for Kentucky Derby 2018.

From the moment Always Dreaming and Classic Empire drew side-by-side post positions for the 142nd Preakness, the hype began for a potential match race.

Anthony Bonomo doesn’t put much stock in the fact that Always Dreaming, the horse he owns with childhood friend Vinnie Viola and watched win the Kentucky Derby

The most enduring trainer-jockey duo in the sport will try to capture the Preakness, a race neither man has won.

Five storylines to watch as Always Dreaming tries to repeat his Kentucky Derby success at the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 20.

As Always Dreaming took his first gallop over the dirt at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday morning, trainer Todd Pletcher peered through a pair of binoculars,

Todd Pletcher knows the narrative all too well, even if he rarely bothers to refute it.

American Pharoah was made the overwhelming 1-5 favorite in a 10-horse field and drew the No. 2 post on Tuesday night.

Even with record crowds at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, New York racing officials didn't want to deal with logistical problems that plagued them last year.

Results from the 13 early races on Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course.

Baffert's remarkable duo — the effortlessly swift 5-2 favorite American Pharoah and undefeated 3-1 second choice Dortmund — will start in the No. 18 and No. 8 posts, respectively, as determined by Wednesday evening's post-position draw.

Five storylines to watch heading into 2015 Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome, along with Bayern and Main Sequence, are finalists for Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards.

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.

Torrential overnight rains and a soupy track have shrunk the race fields and crowds for Friday's Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico.

Jockey John Velazquez claimed Friday's Xpressbet Hall of Fame Jockey Challenge as part of Black-Eyed Susan Day.

Most riders accept the risk of injury in a business that could hardly be more hazardous. While tracks provide jockeys with insurance coverage, there is no long-term care. The Jockeys' Guild says one in five jockeys gets injured and misses work in a given year.

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.

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

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.

In a foreshadow to the Preakness, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens got their first victories of the day in the Dixie Stakes.

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.

Horse racing fans talk about their sport not having a Triple Crown winner in nearly 35 years much the way baseball fans lament the fact that their favorite game has gone more than twice as long without a .400 hitter.

Jockeys John Velazquez and Ramon Dominguez call for racetracks to provide increased insurance for long-term disability in cases of injury.

Nicole Stall's husband Al will enter Departing in the Preakness Stakes, creating a homecoming for the John carroll grad who long worked on Billy Boniface's Bonita Farm.

Todd Pletcher's best finish in Derby was third, despite having five horses entered

Orb comes from behind to capture the 139th Kentucky Derby down the stretch

Orb, Verrazano and Goldencents remain the strong top choices to win Saturday's Kentucky Derby. But with rain in the forecast and a 19-horse field, the prevailing view is that a week of talk about which horse will go to Baltimore and the Preakness with his Triple Crown dream alive won't mean much.

Orb, Verrazano and Goldencents remain the strong top choices to win Saturday's Kentucky Derby. But with rain in the forecast and a 19-horse field, the prevailing view is that a week of talk about which horse will go to Baltimore and the Preakness with his Triple Crown dream alive won't mean much.

Orb drew the No. 16 post Wednesday for Saturday's 139th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Orb, Verrazano appear likely to be made favorites after Wednesday night draw

Union Rags ate contentedly in his stall Sunday morning, 15 hours after finally fulfilling his promise — and some would say destiny — with a thrilling win at the Belmont Stakes.

Union Rags tracks down Paynter in final stretch to win Belmont Stakes

Bob Baffert-trained Paynter eyes Belmont upset

I'll Have Another is 2012 Belmont favorite at 4-5