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 […]
The Reds Promoted to Victory in $125,000 Federico Tesio
Local Preakness (G1) Prep Headlines Spring Stakes Spectacular BALTIMORE – Having run second despite encountering trouble both early and late, Flanagan Racing’s The Reds was promoted to victory following the disqualification of first-place finisher Excellorator in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio at Pimlico Race Course. The 40th running of the 1 1/8-mile Federico Tesio headlined an […]
Miss Leslie Springs Upset in $125,000 Weber City Miss
Earns Automatic Berth to $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) BALTIMORE – BB Horses’ Miss Leslie, stretched back out around two turns after opening the year with back-to-back sprints, proved trainer Claudio Gonzalez’s contention that longer is better with a 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/16-mile Weber […]
Corelli edges G2 Winner Pixelate in $100,000 Henry S. Clark
Xanthique Breaks Through with Stakes Win in $100,000 Dahlia Completed Pass Wins $100,000 King T. Leatherbury BALTIMORE – Augustin Stable’s Grade 1-placed Corelli, cutting back to the shortest distance of his North American career in his first race since mid-October, came flying down the center of the track to catch Grade 2-winning favorite Pixelate approaching […]
Laki Rises to Occasion in $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley Win
Lone Dirt Sprint on Saturday’s Spring Stakes Spectacular Card BALTIMORE – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Grade 3 winner Laki, coming off a brief freshening, ran down multiple stakes-winning pacesetter Lebda inside the eighth pole and edged clear to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley at Pimlico Race Course. The ninth running of the […]