Racing News

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

Preakness Stakes Quotes

05/21/2022

Carotari Outclasses Field in $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint

05/21/2022

Five-Furlong Dash Marks Fifth Stakes Win for 6YO Gelding

BALTIMORE – William A. Branch’s Carotari, unraced since late December, made a triumphant return to competition with a front-running 1 ½-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Ethereal Road Takes Overland Route in $100,000 Sir Barton

05/21/2022

Lukas-Trained Colt Sweeps to 1st Stakes Win in Race for 3YOs

BALTIMORE – Aaron Sones’ Ethereal Road became a stakes winner in grand style Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course, making a bold sweeping move on the far outside to circle the field and capture the $100,000 Sir Barton by 4 ¾ lengths.

The 24th running of the 1 1/16-mile Sir Barton for 3-year-olds was the seventh of 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.75 million in purses headlined by the 147th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

No Average 'Joe' Wins $100,000 James W. Murphy

05/21/2022

Multiple Dirt-Stakes Winner Transitions to Turf

BALTIMORE – The Elkstone Group’s Maryland homebred Joe, a multiple-stakes winner on dirt, made the successful transition to the turf with a hard-fought neck victory over favored Ready to Purrform in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Lightening Larry Strikes in $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) Upset

05/21/2022

First Graded-Stakes Victory for 3-Year-Old Florida-Bred Colt

BALTIMORE – Lea Farms’ Lightening Larry, racing for the first time outside of Florida, took to the heat on a steamy day at historic Pimlico Race Course and struck for a 12-1 upset of Saturday’s $200,000 Chick Lang (G3), his first graded-stakes victory.

Joy’s Rocket Fires Big in Impressive $100,000 Skipat Victory

05/21/2022

Rosario, Asmussen Team Up for Second Win on Preakness Card

BALTIMORE – Team Hanley and Parkland Thoroughbreds’ Joy’s Rocket, winless in her previous eight starts that included four second-place finishes, looked like a winner all the way around historic Pimlico Race Course Saturday during a dominant 4 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat.

Technical Analysis Proves Best in $150,000 Gallorette (G3)

05/21/2022

4-Year-Old Filly Registers Popular Gate-to-Wire Triumph

BALTIMORE – Klaravich Stable, Inc.’s Technical Analysis looked right at home in her first visit to historic Pimlico Race Course, notching her third graded-stakes score with a popular front-running triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Gallorette (G3).

Jaxon Traveler Goes Distance in $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)

05/21/2022

Captures 6-Furlong Dash to Open Preakness Day Stakes Program

BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s Jaxon Traveler, second to his stablemate over the same course last year, turned away all comers Saturday to register his first graded-stakes victory in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.