Smooth Ride for Interstatedaydream in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
98th Edition of Prestigious 1 1/8-Mile Race for 3-Year-Old Fillies BALTIMORE – Jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Brad Cox, teaming up for the third consecutive year, registered their first victory in the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) when Flurry Racing Stables’ Interstatedaydream passed tiring pacesetter Beguine at the top of the stretch and drew clear through […]
First Captain Up in Time in $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Precedes Black-Eyed Susan (G2) BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing’s First Captain came with a steady run down the center of the track and stuck his head out at the wire to edge favored Vindictive in a thrilling edition of the historic $300,000 Pimlico Special […]
Can the Queen Reigns in $100,000 The Very One
Local Mare Registers Second Stakes Win in Turf Dash BALTIMORE – Joanne Shankle’s Can the Queen, based down the road at Laurel Park, went all the way on the lead and held off favored Honey Pants late to spring a 1 ½-length upset over the New York shipper in Friday’s $100,000 The Very One at […]
Lady Scarlet Makes the Grade $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3)
Sophomore Filly, Claimed for $150k Last Fall, Sprints to Win BALTIMORE – Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s Lady Scarlet, who had a two-race win streak snapped in her previous start, returned to her winning ways with her first graded-stakes triumph in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 37th running […]
Pizza Bianca Delivers Convincing Victory in $100,000 Hilltop
First Win for 4-Year-Old Filly Since 2021 Breeders’ Cup Upset BALTIMORE – Bobby Flay’s homebred Pizza Bianca, upset winner of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), swept to the lead down the center of the track and pulled clear for a 1 ¾-length triumph in Friday’s $100,000 Hilltop at historic Pimlico Race Course. […]
Super Quick Blazes to Near-Record $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3) Win
First of 6 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.05 Million on Black-Eyed Susan Card BALTIMORE – Marylou Whitney Stables’ homebred Super Quick, left alone up front to dictate her own terms, flirted with both the track and stakes record while rolling to her first stakes victory in Friday’s $150,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff (G3) at historic […]
Winchell Seeks First Win in Triple Crown with Epicenter
Asmussen: Can’t Speculate How the Preakness Will Unfold McPeek Taking Another Shot with Creative Minister BALTIMORE – While Steve Asmussen has trained two winners of the Preakness Stakes (G1), owner Ron Winchell is still seeking his family’s first victory in any Triple Crown race. Winchell believes Epicenter, the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 147th Preakness […]
Tami Bobo Takes Unlikely Road to Preakness 147
Simplification’s Owner Living American Dream BALTIMORE – A few minutes into an interview about her Preakness Stakes (G1) runner Simplification, Tami Bobo noticed that the groom was having a problem. She quickly stepped toward the colt, grabbed his halter and helped settle him. A potentially difficult situation was averted. Very few owners of Triple Crown […]