Old Friends for Life Benefit at Preakness 148
Race 2 Winner Saturday Offered Lifetime Retirement BALTIMORE – A home for life. That’s what the winner of Race 2 Saturday at Pimlico Race Course will earn. Saturday’s program, highlighted by the 148th running of the Preakness (G1), will give the winner of the 1 1/16-mile event an automatic retirement to Old Friends in Georgetown, […]
Baffert Makes Triple Crown Return in Preakness 148
Hall of Fame Trainer Chasing Record with National Treasure BALTIMORE – In his first visit to Pimlico Race Course in almost three years, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Friday it was hard to predict whether his Preakness Stakes (G1) starter National Treasure could deliver a record-breaking eighth win in the Middle Jewel of […]
Three Colts Have Chance to Make ‘Magic’ in Preakness 148
Mage, Blazing Sevens, Perform All Sons of Good Magic BALTIMORE — There is one horse that stands above all the others in Saturday’s 148th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Of course, the easiest of answers is Mage, the Kentucky Derby(G1) winner, who is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Middle […]
Arabian Lion Heavily Favored for Sir Barton
BALTIMORE – For Zedan Racing’s Arabian Lion, the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes on Saturday is a chance to prove that he is a player to be reckoned with in stakes competition. After a frustrating second in the April 15 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is trying him again at 1 […]
After Eight After Victory in $100,000 Old Hilltop
BALTIMORE – From the start, trainer Arnaud Delacour thought good things were ahead for a filly named After Eight. “I have always been very high on her,” Delacour said. It’s just that, initially, he didn’t anticipate After Eight would become a player on the grass. That’s the game plan for Friday when the lightly raced […]
Mage Makes J.J. Delgado Feel Like a Winner
Cox Counting on Saez to Show First Mission the Way Blazing Sevens, Early Voting, Cloud Computing Same but Different McGaughey Hoping for Better ‘Perform’-ance in Preakness Baffert on National Treasure: ‘Talent is There’ Videos at Preakness.Isctv.com Interview Shug McGaughey (Perform) Training: Mage, First Mission, National Treasure, Red Route One BALTIMORE – J.J. Delgado rode in […]
Saturday’s Chick Lang (G3) Would Make Race Namesake Proud
Multiple Graded Winner Havnameltdown Tops Solid Field of Seven BALTIMORE – Chick Lang would have loved the 48th running of the stakes bearing his name on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) program at historic Pimlico Race Course. The $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) presented by Case Tractor is named for one of racing’s great track executives, characters […]
Godolphin: Been There, Done That
Seventeen Years Ago with Bernardini, Now First Mission BALTIMORE — The Godolphin team had Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes in mind when they nominated First Mission to the Triple Crown. To put that bit of handicapping in perspective, the decision to make First Mission eligible to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for the $600 […]
Mage Owner Norma Barnes-Euresti: ‘My Heart Was So Full’
Childhood Dream Fulfilled by Mage’s Kentucky Derby Victory Chenery ‘Gave a Little Girl a Dream’ BALTIMORE – Fifty years and a day after the start of a lifetime of intense love of horses and racing Norma Barnes-Euresti found herself at the center of a memorable few minutes on the track at Churchill Downs May 6. […]
2023 Preakness Stakes – Still Photographers Meeting
Rules and Marking Meeting 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 19, 2023 Pimlico Race Course – Trackside Winner’s Circle BALTIMORE – There will be a meeting at 9:30 am on Friday, May 19 for still photographers covering the 2023 Preakness Stakes on May 20 and/or Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on May 19. The meeting will occur in the […]