Topic: Horse Racing

The question after a weekend of Thoroughbred racing is whether Saturday's Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will move on to the Belmont Stakes and another showdown with the horse who beat him in the Kentucky Derby.

Journalism, second in the Kentucky Derby, survived a rough bumping match early in the Preakness Stakes stretch, then ran on to victory with a stunning burst of speed.

Optimism flows from the backstretch at Pimlico Racecourse, site of Saturday's Preakness Stakes, with historic outcomes potentially in the offing.

A Maryland man who frequently plays Racetrax scored a $46,734.50 prize -- his second major win in the Maryland Lottery's virtual horse racing game.

A look at the nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of the U.S. Triple Crown, and thoughts on their chances.

Saturday's Preakness Stakes, second jewel of the Triple Crown, drew only three of the 19 Kentucky Derby starters, but the race nonetheless has plenty of interesting facets.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism and Arkansas Derby winner Sandman both were confirmed as Preakness Stakes candidates during the weekend, while racing in Florida and France turned up some Royal Ascot candidates.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not contest the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the U.S. Triple Crown, and Journalism, runner-up in the Run for the Roses, remains a maybe.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not contest the May 17 Preakness, abruptly ending chances for a 14th Triple Crown winner.

Sheik Mohammed could only have dreamed of having a weekend like this one -- an unprecedented sweep of four Classics on two continents, including his long-sought first Kentucky Derby win.