Walsh Earns Richest Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus
Edges Four-Time Winner Steve Asmussen for $50K Top Prize BALTIMORE – Highlighted by runner-up finishes in both the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, and $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) for 3-year-old fillies, Brendan Walsh earned the top prize of $50,000 in 1/ST Racing’s $100,000 trainer bonus offered to […]
Preakness Stakes Hero Journalism’s Belmont Status TBD
Break, Blinkers Likely in Third-Place Finisher Sandman’s Future BALTIMORE – What’s next for Journalism, remarkable winner of the 150th Preakness Stakes Saturday? It was TBD as of Sunday morning at Pimlico Race Course. Stay tuned. For sure, the Curlin colt trained by Michael McCarthy and co-owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, […]
Journalism Powers to Thrilling Victory in 150th Preakness Stakes (G1)
Final Middle Jewel of Triple Crown at Historic Facility Before Renovation BALTIMORE – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables 5 LLC, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Journalism, a beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1) two weeks earlier, came through for his backers Saturday at Pimlico […]
150th Preakness Stakes Media Conference
Saturday, May 17, 2025 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Pimlico Race Course Michael McCarthy Robert LaPenta Umberto Rispoli Aron Wellman Media Conference THE MODERATOR: We’ll get started. I feel like Michael really wants to talk first. He’s smiling. Michael McCarthy, congratulations! I don’t know if you know, Michael McCarthy is a perfect two for two now. I […]
Journalism Powers to Thrilling Victory in 150th Preakness Stakes (G1)
Final Middle Jewel of Triple Crown at Historic Facility Before Renovation BALTIMORE – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables 5 LLC, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Journalism, a beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1) two weeks earlier, came through for his backers Saturday at Pimlico […]
Preakness 150 Quotes
BALTIMORE – Winning Trainer Michael McCarthy (Journalism) – “Big day. I think when we got beat a couple of weeks ago in the Kentucky Derby, I was upset. But it wasn’t the end of the world. We re-rallied and things were good today. When I saw that (mid-stretch bumping), I thought it was another solid […]
Reagan’s Wit All Business in $100,000 James Murphy
Becomes Stakes Winner with Popular 3 ¼-Length Triumph BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, David Ingordo and CJ Stables’ Reagan’s Wit, supplemented into the race off his graded-stakes debut, proved too much for the competition with an eye-catching 3 ¼-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course. The 60th running of the […]
Crudo Romps to Easy Victory in $100,000 Sir Barton
Second Straight Front-Running Score for 3YO Justify Colt BALTIMORE – Bobby Flay Thoroughbreds and James Ventura’s Triple Crown-nominated Crudo put on a command performance in just his third career start to romp by 7 ½ lengths at Pimlico Race Course in Saturday’s $100,000 Sir Barton, sponsored by Spendthrift Farm to Benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. […]
Witty Thrilling Winner of $125,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint
6YO Veteran Dazzles Preakness Day Crowd with Late Surge BALTIMORE – Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel and Elizabeth Merryman’s Witty, a multiple stakes winner on grass and dirt, weaved his way through traffic down the stretch and opened up once clear to a 3 ¼-length last-to-first victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico […]
Retribution Gives Ortiz Second Straight Chick Lang Triumph
Five-Time Eclipse Award Winner Also Won in 2024 with Frost Free BALTIMORE – Belladonna Racing, Twin Brook Stables, Woodford Racing, B.C.W.T Ltd., Savvy Stables, GRC Racing and Taylor Creek’s Retribution emerged from a tight pack in mid-stretch and scooted away to a 1 ¾-length triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Chick Lang at Pimlico Race Course. The […]