Preakness contender Imagination trains May 16 at Pimlico Courtesy Maryland Jockey Club

Trainer Jeff Engler talks about Preakness contender Mugatu May 16 at Pimlico. Courtesy Maryland Jockey Club

Kenny McPeek’s 2020 Preakness Stakes (G1) victory with the filly Swiss Skydiver does not have any kind of symbol attached to it, but it was the most unique running of the middle jewel in the Triple Crown.

Letters to the Editor for the May 16 edition of BloodHorse Daily.

Big Pond was a big deal at Santa Anita Park over the winter, winning the Feb. 18 Spring Fever Stakes after a nose defeat when second in the Dec. 26 La Brea Stakes (G1). Now, she races May 18 in the $175,000 Vagrancy Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct.

Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Graham Motion on the industry’s safety efforts.

For Chad Brown, the Triple Crown has been an exasperating experience lately.

Publishing executive Peter Callahan won the 2020 Preakness Stakes (G1) with Swiss Skydiver and bred multiple grade 1 winners during a nearly 40-year involvement in the Thoroughbred business. He died May 9 in New York City.

Publishing executive Peter Callahan won the 2020 Preakness Stakes (G1) with Swiss Skydiver and bred multiple grade 1 winners during a nearly 40-year involvement in the Thoroughbred business. He died May 9 in New York City.

George Weaver is the latest trainer facing the possibility of a lengthy suspension after an initial and second test showed the presence of the commonly used human diabetes drug metformin in the post-race sample of one of his horses.