3:17 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Maximum Security owner Gary West has issued a multimillion dollar challenge to the owners of four horses that benefited from his horse’s historic disqualification in the Kentucky Derby. In a statement Friday, West said he would pay each of those owners $5 million apiece if Country House, War

8:51 AM ET There won’t be a Triple Crown winner in 2019, as an already weird and wacky month in horse racing just gets weirder. The Preakness Stakes is set to go off at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore at 6:50 p.m. ET on Saturday without the Kentucky Derby winner. It’s the first time since

7:52 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Long shot Market King has been cleared by officials to race in the Preakness on Saturday. Market King had been on the veterinarian’s list in Kentucky after being scratched before the Pat Day Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard on May 4. He was entered in the Preakness

2:56 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Maximum Security jockey Luis Saez has appealed his 15-day suspension by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. He says the stewards’ penalty for failing to control the horse in the Kentucky Derby is “unduly harsh and not supportable by facts and law.” The rider also seeks to stay

May 18, 2019 Chris Fallica Close ESPN Staff Writer Lead researcher for “College GameDay” since 1996 Voter on ESPN CFB Selection Committee Lane Gold Close Special to ESPN.com A lifelong horse racing fan, Lane Gold hosts a weekly radio show called the Kentucky Winner’s Circle and has a horse racing blog. Kentucky Derby winner Country

6:09 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will seek his record-setting eighth Preakness victory Saturday with 5-2 morning-line favorite Improbable, who will start from the No. 4 post in a field of 13 horses. For the first time since 1951, the Preakness will not include the four horses that

1:37 PM ET Gary and Mary West, the owners of Maximum Security, filed a lawsuit late Tuesday over the disqualification of their horse after crossing the line first at the 145th Kentucky Derby earlier this month. The Wests sued the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, its members, staff and stewards who disqualified Maximum Security for interference.

11:16 AM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — A 13th horse has been added to the Preakness field three days before the race. Everfast, trained by Dale Romans, was a last-minute entry to the second jewel of the Triple Crown on Wednesday, hours before post positions were drawn. A Maryland Jockey Club spokesman confirmed the addition

11:49 AM ET Jockey Luis Saez has been suspended 15 racing days by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for his ride on Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. Maximum Security became the first horse in the history of the 145-year-old race to be disqualified from first place due to a race riding incident. He was