Racing News

14 Stakes Worth $1.3 Million During Laurel Summer Meet

06/01/2022

$150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Set for July 16
Nine-Race Opening Day Program Starts at 12:40 P.M. Friday

BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club will offer a total of 14 stakes worth $1.3 million in purses, highlighted by the 31st running of the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash July 16, during Laurel Park’s 37-day summer meet which opens Friday and runs through Sunday, Aug. 21.

Laurel’s Summer Meet Begins Friday as Pimlico Meet Concludes

05/30/2022

Russell, Sillaman Tie Atop Trainer Standings, Toledo Takes Jockey Title
Laurel Opens Friday with 12:40 p.m. First Post

BALTIMORE – Thoroughbred racing in Maryland will resume Friday when Laurel Park opens for its summer meet.

Pimlico Race Course wrapped up its 2022 meet Monday with Jevian Toledo winning the riding title and Brittany Russell and Richard Sillaman sharing the training title.

Preakness Meet Title First at Pimlico for Journeyman Toledo

05/29/2022

Russell, Sillaman Tied Atop Trainer Standings into Monday Finale
Eight-Race Memorial Day Holiday Program Starts at 12:40 P.M.

BALTIMORE – By the time the high-profile Preakness Meet wraps up with Monday’s special Memorial Day holiday program at historic Pimlico Race Course, there will be significant firsts in both the jockey and trainer standings.

G3-Placed Veteran Eastern Bay Rolls to Saturday Feature Score

05/28/2022

15th Career Victory for 8-Year-Old Gelding to Top $638K in Earnings

BALTIMORE – Grade 3-placed Eastern Bay, racing second off the claim for Built Wright Stables and trainer Norman ‘Lynn’ Cash, swept to the lead in mid-stretch and sprinted clear for his 15th career victory in a 9-1 upset of Saturday’s feature race at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Consistent Going to the Lead Heads Saturday Feature

05/27/2022

6-Year-Old Gelding Favored in Stakes-Quality Allowance
Baby Steps for Undefeated 3-Year-Old Colt Super Love

BALTIMORE – Though he has yet to run in a stakes since joining trainer Damon Dilodovico’s barn 27 months ago, Vince Campanella’s 6-year-old gelding Going to the Lead will get a strong feel for that level of competition Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Rainbow 6 Solved Thursday for $479,801 Jackpot Payout

05/26/2022

Mandatory Payout of Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5 May 30

BALTIMORE – One lucky bettor solved the 20-cent Rainbow 6 for a life-changing $479,801.24 jackpot payout after Sky of Gold, owned and trained by William Earl Atkins, held off fellow Maryland-bred Luv Ya Bye Bye Thursday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Memorial Day Weekend Opens with $432,827 Rainbow 6 Carryover

05/26/2022

12:40 P.M. Post Time for Thursday’s Eight-Race Program at Pimlico

BALTIMORE – Historic Pimlico Race Course will kick off Memorial Day weekend Thursday with a live eight-race program featuring a carryover of $432,827 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6.

Post time is 12:40 p.m. for the first of four programs that also mark the final weekend of the 12-day Preakness Meet, which began May 12 and runs through a special Memorial Day holiday card May 30.

No Belmont Stakes for Preakness Hero Early Voting

05/22/2022

Belmont ‘A Stretch’ for Preakness Runner-Up Epicenter
Creative Minister Likely for Third Jewel of Triple Crown

BALTIMORE – Preakness (G1) winner Early Voting was back in his stall at Belmont Park by mid-morning Sunday, some 15 hours after scoring a 1 ¼-length victory over Epicenter, the 6-5 favorite, in Saturday’s Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Early Voting Follows Game Plan to Win 147th Preakness Stakes

05/21/2022

Klaravich Stables, Brown Double Up in Middle Jewel

BALTIMORE – Early Voting captured the 147th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, providing Klaravich Stables Inc. and trainer Chad Brown with a second win in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown by following their game plan with 2017 victor Cloud Computing.

Like Cloud Computing, Early Voting bypassed the Kentucky Derby (G1) two weeks earlier and joined the Triple Crown campaign in the Preakness.

147th Preakness Stakes Media Conference

05/21/2022

Saturday, May 21, 2022
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pimlico Race Course

Seth Klarman
Chad Brown
Jose Ortiz

Media Conference