I’ll Have Another came from behind to beat Bodemeister in the 137th Preakness Stakes, keeping Triple Crown hopes alive for the trainer Doug O’Neill and the jockey Mario Gutierrez.

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I’ll Have Another Wins 137th Preakness Stakes

Doug O’Neill’s Kentucky Derby victory places him — and his troubled record — center stage at a time when thoroughbred racing faces calls for federal regulation.

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Trainer of Kentucky Derby Winner Has a Troubled Record

Large payouts to owners make it profitable for owners to field thoroughbreds that are past their prime, sometimes with fatal results.

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Breakdown: Big Purses, Sore Horses, and Death

Notinrwildestdremz, one of 177 starving and neglected horses rescued from a farm in upstate New York in 2009, is entered for her first start on Sunday at Aqueduct.

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Filly Makes Ride From Neglect to the Racetrack

The new economics of horse racing are making an always-dangerous game even more so, as lax oversight puts animal and rider at risk.

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Breakdown | Death and Disarray at the Racetrack: Death and Disarray at America’s Racetracks

Times photographers were a presence at Aqueduct, Belmont, Yonkers and Roosevelt from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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Lens: They Had the Horse Right Here

Ridden by Jesus Castanon, Shackleford edged Animal Kingdom, the winner of the Kentucky Derby.

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Scattered at the Start, Shackleford Finishes the Right Way

Horsemen say that more often than not, the winner of the Preakness is the best horse of its generation.

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For Trainers, the Preakness ‘Legitimizes’ a Horse

The team behind the Derby victory continues to show how horsemanship rather than black bag veterinarian work can succeed.

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On Horse Racing: Animal Kingdom’s Win Is Victory for the Sport

A horse that had never run on dirt overcame steep obstacles with a jockey who was only paired with him late this week, covering the track in 2:02.04.

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A Winner’s Circle Full of Firsts

The Run for the Roses, which is the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, takes place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Read full article > >

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The Kentucky Derby

For the first time in a decade, not a single winner of the six major Kentucky Derby prep races earned a Beyer Speed Figure of at least 100, considered the standard for a high-quality stakes champion.

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Derby Field Lacks Speed of Horses in the Past

Picking a Derby winner can sometimes seem as hard as training one.

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On Horse Racing | Confessions of a Derby Handicapper: So Many Memorable Races, Too Many Forgettable Picks

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has been so slow in paying for the upkeep of horses that scores have wound up neglected, according to interviews and inspection reports.

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Ex-Racehorses Starve as Charity Fails in Mission to Care for Them

Zenyatta beat the talented colt Blame, the only rival ever to finish in front of her, and Goldikova for the honor.

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Zenyatta Is Named Horse of the Year