Epicenter Favored at 6-5 in Preakness Morning Line
Asmussen: Post #8 ‘Ideal’ for Derby Runner-up Oaks Winner Secret Oath Arrives at Pimlico Monday BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Epicenter was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 147 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course following Monday’s post-position draw for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. The Steve Asmussen-trained colt, who […]
Tango Tango Tango Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Dinner Party (G2)
Among 10 Stakes, Six Graded, Worth $2.75 Million on Preakness Day Program BALTIMORE – The question facing Calumet Farm’s Tango Tango Tango in Saturday’s $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) at Pimlico Race Course is whether the 4-year-old colt is ready to win, win, win a graded stakes? The bay son of Tourist showed ability last year, […]
Luna Belle Facing Biggest Test in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
98th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 20 Program 13-Horse Field is Largest for Race in Nearly Three Decades BALTIMORE – Undefeated through four starts this year and a winner of five consecutive stakes dating back before Christmas, Luna Belle will be tested like never before facing 10 shippers among the largest field […]
Epicenter Breezes for Saturday’s 147 Preakness
Oaks Winner Secret Oath, Lukas Enroute to Pimlico Fenwick Last-Minute Entry for Preakness BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, the Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and expected favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), breezed an easy half-mile in 50 2/5 seconds early Monday morning at Churchill Downs, a textbook workout for a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days […]
Un Ojo Out of Preakness
BALTIMORE – Un Ojo will not enter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) after the foot bruise that kept the one-eyed gelding out of the Kentucky Derby flared back up. “This morning his foot was a little warm again,” Louisiana-based trainer Ricky Courville said Monday morning by phone. “The vets went over him, and he’s not […]