Proper Attire Targets New Streak in Sunday’s $75,000 Jameela
Turf Sprint Among Four Stakes on Independence Day Holiday Card Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Nears $1.4 Million for Saturday BALTIMORE – Bird Mobberley’s filly Proper Attire, who began her sophomore campaign with three straight wins, gets the chance to start a new streak and pick up her first career stakes victory in the process in […]
G3 Winner Mighty Mischief Back at Pimlico for $100,000 Concern
Among Four Stakes Worth $375,000 on Independence Day Card Sunday BALTIMORE – Seven weeks after conquering the course and distance in his stakes debut, Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s homebred Grade 3 winner Mighty Mischief returns to historic Pimlico Race Course as the horse to beat in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern. The fifth running of the six-furlong […]
Maryland Jockey Club Announces Purse Increase
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today a 15-percent increase in overnight purses at Pimlico Race Course effective Friday, July 2. The Maryland Jockey Club has extended the Pimlico Meet through August 22 while the main track at Laurel Park is resurfaced. While upcoming stakes will not be affected, conditions impacted by the purse […]
STATEMENT FROM 1/ST IN SUPPORT OF SAVE AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN EQUINES (SAFE) ACT OF 2021
ARCADIA, CA (July 2, 2021) – “1/ST, as an industry leader in Thoroughbred horse racing committed to achieving the highest level of horse health and safety standards, wholly supports the recently introduced Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2021, as well as any amendments to current or future federal legislation that would prohibit the […]
Racing Returns Friday with Record Carryover at $1.35 Million
Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker Four Stakes, Mandatory Payout Scheduled for Sunday, July 4 BALTIMORE – Historic Pimlico Race Course launches its July schedule Friday with an Independence Day holiday weekend of live racing featuring four stakes worth $375,000 in purses and a Maryland state record carryover jackpot of $1,351,928.63 in […]
Artful Splatter Seeks Reversal of Fortune in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish
Former Claimer Now Multiple Stakes Winner Starts in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes BALTIMORE – James Wolf’s durable Artful Splatter, an eight-time career winner from 29 lifetime starts, will attempt to reverse her recent fortunes and become a stakes winner for the third time in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/16-mile […]
Record-Setting Yaupon Returns for Sunday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse
Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Facing Six Rivals in Six-Furlong Sprint BALTIMORE – Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Yaupon, record-setting winner of the Chick Lang (G3) last fall, returns to Maryland looking to recapture his winning form in Sunday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse at Pimlico Race Course. The six-furlong Lite the Fuse for 3-year-olds and up, named for […]
Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Scheduled for July 4 Holiday Program
Maryland State Record Carryover Jackpot at $1.351 Million for Friday BALTIMORE – A mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6, currently featuring a Maryland state record carryover jackpot, has been scheduled for Sunday’s stakes-filled Independence Day holiday program at historic Pimlico Race Course. Entering Friday’s eight-race program that begins at 12:40 p.m., the jackpot stands at […]
G3 Winner Harpers First Ride Too Tough in Sunday Feature
Completes Hat Trick for Trainer Gonzalez, Jockey Cruz Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.351 Million for Friday, July 2 BALTIMORE – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Harpers First Ride, reunited with trainer Claudio Gonzalez and jockey Angel Cruz for the first time in six months, returned to the winner’s circle with […]
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Survives, Tops $1.3 Million Sunday
Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker BALTIMORE – Even-money favorite Aperitivo held off Supporting Actor the length of the stretch to capture Saturday’s ninth-race finale at historic Pimlico Race Course and keep the Maryland state record 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot alive for another day. Supporting Actor, one of two in a […]