Add Hey Byrn's name to the growing list of 3-year-olds heading for Baltimore for the 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 17. Despite the imposing presence of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, the prospective field for the Preakness is now nearing the limit of 14 starters.

Churchill Downs Inc. plans to cut overnight purses 20 percent across-the-board beginning on Wednesday, citing a downturn of business because of its inability to send its signal to several national account-wagering platforms due to a dispute with horsemen.

Prominent out-of-town riders Joe Bravo and Anna Napravnik scored victories on front-runners in Thursday night's co-featured $75,000 stakes for 3-year-old Pennsylvania-breds at Penn National Race Course.

Champs Elysees will be a short-priced favorite in a small field in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Samba Rooster lays his cards on the table. A confirmed front-runner, he is the one to catch on Saturday in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Derby. The race has drawn a deep field of 13, including El Gato Malo, who won the first three races of his career including the Grade 3 San Rafael.

The New York Racing Association and a cooperative representing tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region have reached an agreement that will restore the signal from Belmont Park at the simulcast sites in eight states, effective Friday,.

After Yankee Bravo finished third in the Louisiana Derby on March 8, he appeared to be headed to the Kentucky Derby. All he needed was good, solid race in the Santa Anita Derby on April 5, and he was bound for Churchill Downs. But Yankee Bravo flattened out in the 1 1/8-mile Santa Anita Derby, finishing fourth, and the money he earned that day was insufficient to get him into the Derby.