Harpers First Ride Returns for $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Shares Spotlight with $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 14 Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1 Million in Purses BALTIMORE – His owner, trainer and jockey will be different, but the scenery will be the same for Harpers First Ride when the defending champion returns to the site of his biggest victory in the historic […]
Adventuring, Miss Leslie Seeks Graded Win in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
97th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 14 Program BALTIMORE – Godolphin homebred Adventuring, riding a two-race win streak for reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox, and BB Horses’ Miss Leslie, a local stakes winner in her only two tries around two turns, each make the jump into graded company in Friday’s $250,000 […]
Midnight Bourbon Breezes; Asmussen ‘Jazzed’ for Preakness
France Go de Ina Gets Acquainted with Pimlico Track Keepmeinmind Back on Track for Saturday’s Middle Jewel Brown Putting Risk Taking’s Disappointing Race Behind Him BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon had the easy workout typical of a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days before a race, covering the half-mile distance in 50.20 seconds at Churchill […]
Preakness Post-Position Draw
BALTIMORE – The post-position draw for Preakness 146 will now be held Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. at Pimlico Race Course. It can be viewed at Facebook.com/Preakness.
France Go de Ina ‘Traveled Well’ for Saturday’s Preakness
Concert Tour Breezes 5F; Medina Spirit Open Gallops Crowded Trade, Risk Taking Due at Pimlico Tuesday Rombauer Exits Preakness Breeze in Good Order Midnight Bourbon Seeking Rebound in Preakness with Good Start BALTIMORE – Yuji Inaida’s France Go de Ina is unusually well traveled for a 3-year-old colt with a four-race career for a trainer […]
STATEMENT BY MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB
“Integrity in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing is the ultimate priority for 1/ST RACING and the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC). 1/ST RACING has been an industry leader instituting processes and protocols that have led to nationwide medication reform and increased accountability. We are committed to achieving the highest level of horse care and safety […]
Japan’s France Go de Ina Arrives for Preakness 146
BALTIMORE – France Go de Ina arrived at Pimlico Race Course Saturday night to prepare for the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 15. The Kentucky-bred colt, based in Japan with trainer Hideyuki Mori, will become the first horse from Japan to compete in the Preakness since Lani in 2016 and the first […]
Willful Woman Makes Stakes Return in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
G2 Winner Fearless Bound for Pimlico Special (G3) After Saturday Work Proxy Breezes Saturday at Fair Hill, $100,000 Sir Barton Remains in Play BALTIMORE – Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Willful Woman, a 3-year-old daughter of champion Nyquist and half-sister to Grade 3 winner Ever So Clever, will make her return to stakes company in the […]
Brown Duo Breeze ‘Super’ in Company for May 15 Preakness (G1)
McCarthy ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ with Rombauer’s 5F Breeze ‘All Systems Go’ for Unbridled Honor Following Half-Mile Breeze Lukas Looking to Even Score with Baffert in Preakness Medina Spirit, Concert Tour Have ‘Good Training Day’ Post-Position Draw for 146th Preakness (G1) Monday BALTIMORE – Klaravich Stables Inc.’s Crowded Trade and Risk Taking breezed five furlongs in […]
Stronach 5 Rewards 46 Winners with $1,800
BALTIMORE – There were 46 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each worth $1,800.80. Friday’s wager featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout. Friday’s first two races of the Stronach 5 began at Pimlico and both races produced prices, with […]