Muth beat Mystik Dan in the Arkansas Derby, and he would have been in the Kentucky Derby if Baffert was not still suspended from Churchill Downs because of Medina Spirit’s 2021 medication violation.

On Thursday, Mystik Dan was officially made the favorite for the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes. He was dropped on the morning line from 5-2 to 8-5. Sports.

Gene Menez, who hammered the Kentucky Derby exacta and trifecta for a $1,045 payout, reveals his 2025 Haskell Stakes bets and ...

Mystik Dan jogged a mile and galloped a little more than a mile Wednesday morning. McPeek said the horse is "doing great" and will likely gallop 1 3/8 miles Thursday, Friday and Saturday before a ...

Yes, Mystik Dan will run in the 2024 Preakness Stakes. He will be in the No. 5 post, drawing that position on Monday . It wasn’t a certainty that Mystik Dan would run in the Preakness — his ownership ...

It could do worse than to begin with Mystik Dan. With McPeek. With Gasaway. With Hernandez. Mystik Dan was born in 2021 to Gasaway’s mare, Ma’am, a blue-collar daughter of one-time Derby starter ...

Mystik Dan had not even reached the winner's circle at Churchill Downs two weeks ago when his doubters started throwing shade on his Kentucky Derby win. "He only won because he got a perfect trip ...

Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby on May 4, 2024. Getty Images. Twice in the previous four years, the Derby winner did not run — a product of various circumstances.

Mystik Dan slipped into the favorite role after Muth, also trained by Baffert, who is looking for his record-extending ninth Preakness victory, was ruled out Wednesday for spiking a fever.

No, Mystik Dan doesn’t need a sloppy track — or “Seinfeld” character Cosmo Kramer’s comedic endorsement — in the Preakness on Saturday because the Kentucky Derby winner has raced and ...

Mystik Dan slipped into the favorite role after Muth, also trained by Baffert, who is looking for his record-extending ninth Preakness victory, was ruled out Wednesday for spiking a fever.

Mystik Dan slipped into the favorite role after Muth, also trained by Baffert, who is looking for his record-extending ninth Preakness victory, was ruled out Wednesday for spiking a fever.