BY PREAKNESS PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

LAUREL, MD - Aside from adding some extra cameras, 24-hour security and having a smattering of reporters and television crews intermittently filtering by throughout the mornings this week, life has been pretty much the same around Barn 5 on the Laurel Park backstretch.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A good second in the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida presented by Fanduel TV and third last out in the Grade 3 Pan American presented by Rood & Riddle, Florida-bred marathoner Echo Lane tries the $250,000 Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs Saturday.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Queen Maxima, the 2025 Florida-bred Champion Turf Female, returns after a trip to Kentucky and a short break of just two weeks in Saturday's $100,000 Mizdirection at Santa Anita Saturday.

COURTESY OF THE JOCKEY CLUB NEWS SERVICE

The 12th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, scheduled for June 29 and June 30 in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion and livestreamed, will feature presentations on the progress of the racing industry and how diagnostic equipment and technology is being used to assist in racing safety.