Beyond the Wire Earns Special Award of Merit
To Be Recognized During Alibi Breakfast May 19 BALTIMORE – Beyond the Wire, a Maryland-based Thoroughbred aftercare program that recently celebrated retiring its 500th horse, has been selected to receive the 2022 Special Award of Merit. Guided in its day-to-day operations by program administrator Jessica Hammond, Beyond the Wire will be presented with the Special […]
Boniface, Miller Jr. Reminisce on Deputed Testamony’s Preakness Victory
Video: Last Maryland-bred and Tesio Victor to Win Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – It’s been nearly a half century since the last Maryland-bred horse won the Preakness Stakes (G1). Deputed Testamony, also the last Federico Tesio winner to win the Preakness, was Maryland through and through – Maryland-bred, Maryland-owned, Maryland-trained and Maryland-ridden. Under […]
Armagnac Newest Contender for 147th Preakness
Early Voting Looking Good for Preakness; Zandon Out Secret Oath At Least Worth a Look in Middle Jewel BALTIMORE – Armagnac, a front-running first-level allowance winner May 8 at Santa Anita, will make his next start in the 147th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, next Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course. […]
Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Possible for Morning Matcha
Lauralea Glaser Rides First Winner in 398 Days Friday BALTIMORE – LC Racing, Cash is King and Gary Barber’s stakes winner Morning Matcha could be headed to the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 20 at historic Pimlico Race Course following a sharp breeze Friday morning. “She worked really well this morning, and if all goes […]
Brown ‘Very Pleased’ with Early Voting’s Friday Breeze
Preakness Distance Expected to Suit Skippylongstocking O’Neill-Trained Happy Jack Joins Preakness Cast Creative Minister’s Team Taking $150,000 Swing Epicenter Program Favorite With or Without Rich Strike BALTIMORE – Klaravich Stables’ Early Voting turned in his final work for the May 21 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, covering five furlongs in a bullet time of […]
Smith, MacAdam to be Honored at Alibi
Smith Earns Frutkoff Award, MacAdam Woods Award BALTIMORE – Photographer Patrick Smith and writer Mike MacAdam will be among the honorees at the Alibi Breakfast May 19 at Pimlico Race Course. Smith will receive the Jerry Frutkoff Award for the best Preakness picture of 2021 while MacAdam will receive the David F. Woods Award for […]
I’m Blushing Keeps Barn Rolling in Opening Day Feature
Jockey Toledo Registers Hat Trick to Kick Off Preakness Meet BALTIMORE – Fresh off the first training title of her career, Brittany Russell got the Preakness Meet off to a successful start when John and Cheryl Banner’s Maryland homebred I’m Blushing captured Thursday’s opening day feature at historic Pimlico Race Course. Ridden by Jevian Toledo, […]
Lukas: Secret Oath Makes Preakness Very Interesting
Winchell Family Counting on Epicenter for a First Simplification Gets Acquainted with Racetrack at Pimlico Hernandez: ‘Minister’ Needs to ‘Put Big-Boy Pants On’ Statement from Rick Dawson, Owner of Rich Strike BALTIMORE – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has been a modern-day trendsetter in many ways, including his successes with running fillies and […]
Statement from Rick Dawson, owner of Rich Strike
Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent on the KY Derby, should we not run in the Derby we would point toward the Preakness, should we run in the Derby, subject to the race outcome & the condition of our horse, we would give him more recovery time & rest and run in the […]
Nominations Total 245 Horses for Preakness Stakes (G1) Undercard
Nine Stakes, Five Graded, Support Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Undefeated Stakes Winner Chez Pierre Pointed to 121st Dinner Party (G2) Sophomores in Spotlight in Chick Lang (G3), Sir Barton, James Murphy BALTIMORE – A total of 245 nominations were made to eight Thoroughbred stakes, four graded, worth $1.15 million in purses that help support […]