Trio of Grade 1 Winners Top $500,000 Dinner Party (G3) Nominations
Among 8 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.3 Million on Preakness Undercard Dinner Party Part of $2.5 Million Bonus $100,000 Gallorette (G3) Winner Gets Berth in G1 Stakes at Deauville $100,000 Jim McKay Winner Earns Entry to G1 Stakes at Newmarket BALTIMORE – Grade 1 winners Adhamo, Atone and Highland Chief and five-time graded-stakes winner Emmanuel […]
Hillwood Stable’s Ellen Charles to Receive Special Award of Merit
Longtime Owner to be Recognized at Alibi Breakfast May 16 at Pimlico BALTIMORE – Longtime horsewoman and lifetime philanthropist Ellen Charles, who has bred or owned some of Maryland’s most popular and successful horses of recent years, will be recognized with the Special Award of Merit May 16 during the Alibi Breakfast at historic Pimlico […]
$300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Draws 30 Nominees for 100th Renewal
Headlines May 17 Program of Six Stakes, Three Graded, Worth $1 Million BALTIMORE – Kentucky Oaks (G1) heroine Thorpedo Anna, fellow graded-stakes winners Lemon Muffin, Manama Gold and My Mane Squeeze, and local stakes winners Call Another Play and Miss Harriett head a list of 30 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $300,000 George E. Mitchell […]
Derby Hero Mystik Dan Returns to Track with Preakness on Radar (video)
Trainer Kenny McPeek: ‘At This Stage, I Like What I See’ Mugatu Seeks to Pay Huge Dividends on Modest Investment in Preakness May 18 Preakness Not Ruled Out for Tesio Winner Copper Tax Withers Winner Uncle Heavy Confirmed for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – Mystik Dan went back to the racetrack at Churchill […]
Maryland Racing Returns to Historic Pimlico Race Course
Preakness Meet at Pimlico Opens Thursday for 11-Day Stand 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) Set for Saturday, May 18 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2), Pimlico Special (G3) Friday, May 17 $100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes BALTIMORE – Live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 11-day Preakness Meet, […]
Derby Winner Mystik Dan Set to Resume Training Wednesday
Mugatu Confirmed for Start in Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown Lukas Returns for Preakness Weekend After Rare Year Off Muth, Imagination Will Tune Up for G1 Preakness on Weekend BALTIMORE, MD – Mystik Dan, who had another easy day walking around the shedrow Tuesday, is scheduled to resume training at Churchill Downs Wednesday morning […]
MJC ‘Encouraged’ By Horsemen Response to Preakness Weekend
15 Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $4.3 Million in Purses May 17 & 18 $5 Million Preakness (G1), California Crown (G1), Pegasus (G1) Bonus $2.5 Million Dinner Party (G3), John Henry (G2), Pegasus Turf (G1) Bonus Qualifiers for G1 Stakes at Newmarket & Deauville, Trainer Bonuses BALTIMORE – An action-packed weekend of racing is shaping up […]
Beverly Strauss Named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 149
To be Recognized Thursday, May 16 During Legendary Alibi Breakfast BALTIMORE – Beverly Strauss, co-founder and executive director of Chesapeake City, Md.-based MidAtlantic Horse Rescue, has been named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 149. A licensed Thoroughbred trainer with more than 50 years of experience around horses, Strauss will be recognized during the Alibi Breakfast Thursday, […]
McPeek More ‘Encouraged’ Mystik Dan Could Run in Preakness
Lukas to Double Up in Preakness with Just Steel and Seize the Grey BALTIMORE – While saying that a decision might not be made until entries are taken for the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 13, trainer Kenny McPeek sounded more optimistic Monday that his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan could […]
Apprentice J.G. Torrealba Earns First Career Riding Title
Kieron Magee Repeats as Laurel’s Spring Meet Leading Trainer Live Racing Shifts Thursday to Pimlico for Preakness Meet BALTIMORE – Veteran trainer Kieron Magee defended his crown while five-pound apprentice J.G. Torrealba, riding in his first full meet in Maryland, won twice on Sunday’s closing day card to capture his first career riding title […]