Horse Racing News by Claire Novak

Hyperbole surrounds the supposed difficulty Derby contenders face when wheeling back in the Preakness.

Jockey Garrett Gomez has hired veteran agent Tony Matos to manage his book, Gomez said March 24.

Candy DeBartolo sat in the Turf Club at Churchill Downs and found that her ticket for a $5 wager had just returned $3,500.

Oddsmaker Mike Battaglia has set the undefeated Zenyatta as the preliminary favorite for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 7 at Churchill Downs, representatives of the Breeders' Cup World Championships said Oct. 21.

She is a small-framed filly but stocky, with a twisted sort of whitish blaze and the muscles of a quarter horse sprinter.

Almost every morning at Saratoga Race Course, a tough bay colt hauls his exercise rider around an old dirt oval. Sometimes it's the New York Racing Association's tiny Clare Court, sometimes it's the main track.

Next Wednesday, when 10 contenders are expected to enter the third leg of the Triple Crown, all will have taken circuitous routes to New York and a 1 .5-mile test devoid of this year's Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky.

It starts like this: A father and son make their way to the racetrack. Memories are made and first impressions gathered. A lifetime of dedication to the sport begins.

It stormed all morning; thunder and lightning, hail and wind, enough rain to float a Noah's Ark

The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that you never know what's going to happen.