HOLD PREAKNESS DRAW STORY

The filly raced by owner/trainer Rey Hernandez won by four lengths May 13 at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

Six-time group 1 winner Inspiral (GB) and French raider Big Rock (FR) are on course for a major mile clash May 18 at Newbury, with the talented pair among 11 confirmations for the Lockinge Stakes (G1).

J. Kirk and Judy Robison’s New Mexico homebred won the May 11 Kendrick Stakes by 4 1/2 lengths at Sunray Park.

Dolphus is a second-crop sire and half brother to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan made his first trip to the Pimlico Race Course main track May 13—a sealed and muddy surface—as he prepares for a start in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 18.

Aidan O’Brien believes he has never sent a colt “with as much ability” to the Epsom Derby (G1) as City of Troy, despite last season’s star 2-year-old turning in a bitterly disappointing effort in the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) May 11 at Newmarket.

Six-time group 1 winner Inspiral (GB) and French raider Big Rock (FR) are on course for a major mile clash May 18 at Newbury with the talented pair among 11 confirmations for the Lockinge Stakes (G1).

Blue Heaven Farm’s homebred son of Into Mischief has three consecutive wins since Dec. 15. He will be making his graded stakes debut in the May 17 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3).

Over Patrick Husbands’ his 30-plus years in the saddle, he has has crafted an enviable riding resume, one that showcases countless high-profile triumphs in some of Thoroughbred racing’s top events.