Author: Tim Sullivan, Louisville Courier Journal

Jockey Sonny Leon follows his Kentucky Derby win with a four-day suspension for a careless riding incident last month at Ohio’s Thistledown.

Bob Baffert plans to appeal the ruling after Medina Spirit’s 2021 Kentucky Derby win was disqualified over a positive drug test.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission says its impasse with Bob Baffert and Co. is about the size of the urine sample it will allow to be tested.

The lawyer for Medina Spirit’s owner contends that a positive split sample should not mean automatic disqualification for the Kentucky Derby winner.

Long plagued by riding suspensions, jockey Luis Saez has shown marked improvement since his Kentucky Derby disqualification aboard Maximum Security.

Tiz the Law is the star attraction for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, his stature enhanced by the attrition of his rivals.

Wes Unseld, the Hall of Fame center who died Tuesday at 74, was remembered for his power and his example.

Nadal, an unbeaten 3-year-old who was the Kentucky Derby qualifying points leader, has been retired due to a condylar fracture in his left front leg.

A star-studded virtual reality race will fill the time slot normally reserved for the Kentucky Derby with a virtual Triple Crown Showdown.