Cordmaker Making Return Trip to Historic Pimlico Special (G3)
Shorter Races Ahead for Stakes Winner Maythehorsebwithu Juror Number Four Possible for Miss Preakness (G3) May 1 Out of Sorts May Make Season, Turf Debut in $100,000 Hilltop BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s multiple stakes winner Cordmaker, third in each of the past two years, is headed for a third straight trip to the historic $250,000 […]
Concert Tour a ‘Fresh Horse’ for May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1)
Preakness under Consideration for Keepmeinmind Essential Quality to Skip 146th Preakness Stakes King Fury Out of Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday morning that the time was right for Gary and Mary West’s Concert Tour to jump onto the Triple Crown trail in the 146th Preakness […]
Rombauer Confirmed for May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1)
‘All Systems Good’ for Kentucky Derby Hero Medina Spirit ‘So Far, So Good’ for King Fury’s Preakness Prospects Lukas-Trained Ram ‘Outside Chance’ for Middle Jewel BALTIMORE – John and Diane Fradkin’s Rombauer, third in the Blue Grass Stakes (G2) in his most recent start, is headed to the May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico […]
Preakness Weekend Stakes Nominations Close Tuesday, May 4
16 Stakes, 10 Graded, Worth $3.25 Million in Purses May 14-15 146th Preakness (G1) May 15, 97th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 14 $100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes Races & Post Times for Black-Eyed Susan, Preakness BALTIMORE – Stakes nominations are due Tuesday, May 4 for Preakness weekend at Pimlico Race Course, featuring […]
Baffert Hoping to Make History in May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1)
Medina Spirit Prime Candidate for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Baffert-Trained Concert Tour Breezes for Possible Preakness Run Mandaloun, Essential Quality, Caddo River Cox Possibilities BALTIMORE – Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who became the winningest trainer in Kentucky Derby (G1) history by saddling Medina Spirit for an upset victory Saturday at Churchill Downs, is […]
Pimlico’s Friday Program Suspended Due to High Winds
Live Racing Returns Saturday with Special 12:15 P.M. Post Time BALTIMORE – High winds forced the Maryland Jockey Club to suspend live racing following Friday’s third race at Pimlico Race Course. The Baltimore area is under a high-wind warning through 2 a.m. Saturday with winds at 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 60 […]
Dramatic Maiden Winner Exculpatory Returns Friday
Carol Cedeno Takes Over Jockey Lead with Thursday Triple BALTIMORE – Grace Merryman’s sophomore colt Exculpatory, a dramatic debut winner last month following a circuitous route to the races, makes his return against seven rivals in Friday’s featured eighth race at Pimlico Race Course. Post time for the first of nine races Friday is 12:40 […]
Friday’s Stronach 5: Four Tracks, Three Turf Races, Five Puzzles
Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, Santa Anita, and Golden Gate Stakes-Placed Dalton, Sky’s Not Falling Meet in Opening Sequence BALTIMORE – An interesting sequence of five races from four tracks along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout will make up Friday’s Stronach 5. The Stronach 5 will include races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita […]
Jaxon Traveler Pointed to Chick Lang (G3) May 15 at Pimlico
Fritchie (G3) Winner Hibiscus Punch Faces Champion Gamine Saturday Watch, Wager on Kentucky Derby (G1), Oaks (G1) at Pimlico, Laurel BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old Jaxon Traveler, a head shy of being undefeated through five career starts, is pointing toward making a return to Maryland for Preakness weekend. West […]
Pricey Yearling Irrepressible Easy Maiden Winner Sunday
Third Win from Four Starts for Trainer Miguel Vera at Pimlico BALTIMORE – Rock Brothers Breeders’ Irrepressible, in the first start for her new connections, cruised to a front-running five-length maiden triumph Sunday, continuing trainer Miguel Vera’s strong start to the Preakness Meet at Pimlico. With jockey J.D. Acosta aboard, Irrepressible ($11) broke sharply and […]