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 edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third. Sierra Leone was the most expensive horse in the race at $2.3 million, the Associated Press reported.

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, who won the 150 th running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby in May under Brian Hernandez Jr., is entered to run in the G1 Malibu Stakes next Thursday, Dec. 26, opening day of Santa Anita ...

Mystik Dan will have his work cut out for him Saturday, but his trainer will also be extra motivated to give him an edge. Kenny McPeek trained Swiss Skydiver to a Preakness Stakes win in 2020 and ...

BALTIMORE — His father was a mudder. His mother was a mudder. Yes, this horse loves the slop. No, Mystik Dan doesn’t need a sloppy track — or “Seinfeld” character Cosmo Kramer’s ...

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 ...

All eyes are on Mystik Dan after winning May 4 in the Derby's first three-way photo finish since 1947, back when horse racing was the sport of kings and captured national attention more than a few ...

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.