PREAKNESS EYES RUN DATES
The Preakness Stakes could still be run on one of three dates this summer or fall.
The Maryland Jockey Club and NBC Sports have set aside three possible dates, a person with knowledge of negotiations said.
The NBC affiliate in Baltimore reported the Preakness will be run Oct. 3. The person tells AP that is one of the three possible dates, along with one each in July and August.
State and local authorities, racing officials and TV executives are expected to make the determination based on the health and safety situation as it develops.
Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra says officials are still working with NBC Sports on rescheduling the race, which would have been run May 16. That date was scratched by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kentucky Derby has been rescheduled from May 2 to Sept. 5. The Belmont Stakes, scheduled for June 6, like the Preakness doesn’t have a new date yet.
More horse racing
Trainer Mark Casse has more than $174 million in purse earnings, has captured two legs of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, and has been honored as Canadian trainer of the year a record 11 times.
And now, election to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
“It’s unbelievable. It’s very emotional for me,” Casse said via telephone Wednesday from his farm in Ocala, Fla.
Also part of the class of 2020 announced Wednesday were: Eclipse Award-winning jockey Darrel Mchargue; Wise Dan, Horse of the Year in 2012-13; racehorse Tom Bowling, who was foaled in 1870, lost his first two starts as a juvenile, then won 14 of his next 15 races; the late George D. Widener Jr., who bred 102 stakes winners; J. Keene Daingerfield Jr., a trainer who went on to become one of the most respected stewards in the sport; owner Alice Headley Chandler, 94, whose Mill Ridge Farm has raised or sold 34 Grade 1 winners.
• Golden Gate Fields received provisional approval from Alameda County to resume racing May 14, without spectators. The track, which last raced March 29, will be open primarily four days a week through June 14.
Soccer
The Bundesliga can resume playing this month, ending a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Soccer in the top two divisions will resume without spectators and with a range of other conditions designed to prevent another outbreak, including the continuous monitoring and testing of players. Teams also will have to spend time in quarantine before games can restart.
• Sporting Kansas City, Atlanta United, Orlando City and Inter Miami let players in for vigorously controlled voluntary workouts on the first day they were permitted by MLS.
Nashville, Real Salt Lake, LAFC and Houston are among the league’s 26 teams that plan to start Thursday, with more lined up next week.
Also
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said.
• The Titans have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Johnathan Joseph, who spent the last nine seasons with the Texans.
• Former Wake Forest center Olivier Sarr said he is transferring to Kentucky, giving the Wildcats an experienced 7-footer after the team’s entire starting lineup declared for the NBA Draft.
• An NCAA panel rejected an appeal by former Uconn men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie, who sought to overturn findings that he violated ethical conduct rules while leading the Huskies.
• East Tennessee State men’s basketball is promoting Jason Shay to fill the head coaching vacancy that arose when Steve Forbes left for Wake Forest.
• The NCAA approved a waiver that will allow schools to spend below the minimum level on athletic scholarships required to compete in Division I.