A Dreamlike Summer Obscures Trouble in the ‘Sport of Kings’

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Will horse racing right itself so people can visit Saratoga Springs for another century or two?https://nyti.ms/3mDK8oI

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

Failed Drug Test Confirmed for Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The colt, trained by seven-time Derby winner Bob Baffert, stands to become the second horse in the history of the race to be disqualified for a failed test.https://nyti.ms/3g1lxFH

New York Racing Officials Suspend Baffert From Belmont Stakes

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The Hall of Fame trainer was already under suspension at Churchill Downs, where he won his seventh Kentucky Derby before his horse failed a drug test.https://nyti.ms/2RZHIUr

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

Winning Always Wins. Will Integrity Place, or Even Show?

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Ahead of the Preakness, with horse racing’s best-known trainer mired in controversy, it seems the sport’s credibility is going down to the wire.https://nyti.ms/3tDQ7Kl

Dermatitis Ointment Caused Positive Drug Test, Baffert Says

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The trainer acknowledged that it was neither cancel culture nor a conspiracy that caused the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s positive drug test.https://nyti.ms/3eBwttT

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

Malathaat wins the Kentucky Oaks and could meet the boys in the Belmont.

By BY MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports The favorite Malathaat won the Kentucky Oaks by a neck at Churchill Downs on Friday, and her connections are not ruling out a matchup against the boys in the Belmont.https://nyti.ms/2S99r4T

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

The First Saturday in ... September

By BY MELISSA HOPPERT AND JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuously held sporting event in the U.S., will be run without fans for the first time. Here’s what you need to know.https://nyti.ms/35g4qMi

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

For a Small Stable, Big Prizes Could Lie Ahead

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Tiz the Law has won the first leg of this year’s rejiggered Triple Crown, and his stallion rights have the potential to generate millions for Sackatoga Stable in New York.https://nyti.ms/3gwzSc9

Two Horses Trained by Baffert Test Positive for Banned Substances

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports The horses failed tests of a second sample, confirming the presence of an unauthorized local numbing agent.https://nyti.ms/2O2XDMu

Kentucky Derby to Allow Spectators in September

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports The plan encourages guests and staff at Churchill Downs to wear masks, wash their hands and keep their distance from each other in the stands and in the barns.https://nyti.ms/3i3qj5K

Tiz the Law Wins an Unusual Belmont Stakes

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Tiz the Law is a New York-bred colt owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by the 82-year-old Barclay Tagg.https://nyti.ms/3eiBuoU

Tiz the Law Wins an Unusual Belmont Stakes

By BY JOE DRAPE from NYT Sports Tiz the Law is a New York-bred colt owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by the 82-year-old Barclay Tagg.https://nyti.ms/3eiBuoU

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