No Need for Speed

By BY JOE DRAPE AND JOE KLINE from NYT Sports At Grants Pass Downs in Oregon, horses come first and women thrive as owners, trainers and jockeys. The approach is good for business, and the community’s soul.https://nyti.ms/3BsBa2S

What to Know About the 153rd Belmont Stakes

By BY MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports The post time for the race is 6:49 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. A Triple Crown will not be at stake.https://nyti.ms/3gePqCi

Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Belmont Stakes?

By BY JOE DRAPE AND MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert weighed in on the contenders for the 153rd Belmont Stakes on Saturday.https://nyti.ms/3yZ0MD7

She Galloped Into History, and Then Oblivion

By BY SARAH MASLIN NIR from NYT Sports Fifty years ago, Cheryl White became America’s first licensed Black female jockey when she was just 17 years old. So why doesn’t the world know her name?https://nyti.ms/34puV0j

Rombauer Wins the Preakness, Surging as Medina Spirit Fades to Third

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The long-shot win assured that Bob Baffert’s colt could not claim a Triple Crown under the cloud of a positive drug test.https://nyti.ms/3yfg46p

Rombauer Wins the Preakness, Surging as Medina Spirit Fades to Third

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The long-shot win assured that Bob Baffert’s colt could not claim a Triple Crown under the cloud of a positive drug test.https://nyti.ms/3hH7FTB

What to Know About the 146th Preakness Stakes

By BY JOE DRAPE AND MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports The post time for the race is 6:47 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday.https://nyti.ms/2SMBveF

Medina Spirit Wins the 147th Kentucky Derby

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Bob Baffert, the trainer, collected his seventh Derby victory as the favorite, Essential Quality, faltered and finished fourth.https://nyti.ms/2QDFee5

What to Know About the 147th Kentucky Derby

By BY MELISSA HOPPERT AND JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The post time for the race is 6:57 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday.https://nyti.ms/3xCq49w

Running for the Roses, the Record Books and His Father

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Kendrick Carmouche has a chance to become the first Black jockey in 119 years to win the Kentucky Derby. But mostly he would like to win for his “Pops.”https://nyti.ms/2RZ1YVZ

Trainer Barred in New York and Other States for Giving Horse a Racist Name

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports On Twitter, the trainer, Eric Guillot, denied that the name was offensive, but he had directed it at a Black television analyst. The horse ended up with a new name.https://nyti.ms/3oxyFVQ

Deep Within Relief Bill, Horse Racing Gets New Tools to Clean Up

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports A provision deep in the coronavirus stimulus package puts the United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of regulating thoroughbred racing.https://nyti.ms/3812kBj

Authentic Gets ‘Emotional’ Breeders’ Cup Win for John Velazquez

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Velazquez, a Hall of Famer, said getting to ride Authentic during this difficult year was “a gift from God.”https://nyti.ms/3p6h8ow

What to Watch at the 146th Kentucky Derby

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The race in Louisville will have a smaller field than usual, no spectators and run as protests continue nearby after the police killing of Breonna Taylor in the city earlier this year.https://nyti.ms/3h4lSpA

What to Watch at the 146th Kentucky Derby

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The race in Louisville will have a smaller field than usual, no spectators and run as protests continue nearby after the police killing of Breonna Taylor in the city earlier this year.https://nyti.ms/2Zb5NIB

Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Kentucky Derby

By BY JOE DRAPE AND MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert weigh in on the contenders for the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby.https://nyti.ms/2EWei3g

Pull Out of the Kentucky Derby? Pressure on a Black Owner Mounts

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Greg Harbut, the rare Black owner of a horse in America’s biggest race, says the predominantly white sport must change. But at a moment of social unrest, others question why he is racing at all.https://nyti.ms/3jLCt2X

For Belmont Jockeys, the Return of a Gig

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports But without a top-three finish, not necessarily a meaningful paycheck.https://nyti.ms/2UXW2Lz

At Belmont’s Backstretch, Caring for Horses During the Shutdown

By BY NATALIE KEYSSAR AND JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Six hundred people live at the back of Belmont Park, caring for about three times as many horses.https://nyti.ms/370E14a

How Sports-Starved Bettors Made a Nebraska Horse Track Must-See TV

By BY JOE DRAPE AND CALLA KESSLER from NYT Sports Fonner Park, in Grand Island, Neb., has received more attention than ever because of the coronavirus pandemic, with $2.8 million in wagers each day. But it is earning less from each bet with no fans on site.https://nyti.ms/2T0t5Oh