Ethereal Road Using $100,000 Sir Barton as Springboard to Belmont (G1)
Ten 3-Year-Olds Seek First Stakes Victory in 24th Running of 1 1/16M Stakes BALTIMORE – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas isn’t afraid to swing for the fences. But he also knows sometimes it’s best to take the base on balls when presented the opportunity. Not that Saturday’s $100,000 Sir Barton, sponsored by Brandon […]
Motion Back to Defend Title Saturday in $150,000 Gallorette (G3)
Maryland Trainer Seeking Fourth Victory in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Stakes BALTIMORE – Preakness weekend is when trainer Graham Motion really wants to come out and play. The 57-year-old native of Cambridge, United Kingdom, is always hopeful at this time of year because historic Pimlico Race Course is home for him and, with all eyes of […]
Mr Phil, Jaxon Traveler Meet Again in $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)
Street Lute Chasing Ninth Career Stakes Victory in $100,000 Skipat BALTIMORE – In 30 career starts, Mr Phil has won seven times but never run in a stakes race. Jaxon Traveler, meanwhile, has run half as many times and won three stakes, also having placed in graded-stakes on both dirt and turf. Four weeks after […]
Epicenter Favored at 6-5 in Preakness Morning Line
Asmussen: Post #8 ‘Ideal’ for Derby Runner-up Oaks Winner Secret Oath Arrives at Pimlico Monday BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Epicenter was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 147 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course following Monday’s post-position draw for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. The Steve Asmussen-trained colt, who […]
Tango Tango Tango Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Dinner Party (G2)
Among 10 Stakes, Six Graded, Worth $2.75 Million on Preakness Day Program BALTIMORE – The question facing Calumet Farm’s Tango Tango Tango in Saturday’s $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) at Pimlico Race Course is whether the 4-year-old colt is ready to win, win, win a graded stakes? The bay son of Tourist showed ability last year, […]
Luna Belle Facing Biggest Test in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
98th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 20 Program 13-Horse Field is Largest for Race in Nearly Three Decades BALTIMORE – Undefeated through four starts this year and a winner of five consecutive stakes dating back before Christmas, Luna Belle will be tested like never before facing 10 shippers among the largest field […]
Epicenter Breezes for Saturday’s 147 Preakness
Oaks Winner Secret Oath, Lukas Enroute to Pimlico Fenwick Last-Minute Entry for Preakness BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, the Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and expected favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), breezed an easy half-mile in 50 2/5 seconds early Monday morning at Churchill Downs, a textbook workout for a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days […]
Un Ojo Out of Preakness
BALTIMORE – Un Ojo will not enter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) after the foot bruise that kept the one-eyed gelding out of the Kentucky Derby flared back up. “This morning his foot was a little warm again,” Louisiana-based trainer Ricky Courville said Monday morning by phone. “The vets went over him, and he’s not […]
Exotic West Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3)
Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1.05 Million in Purses May 20 BALTIMORE – Well-traveled Exotic West, who has found success going two turns on dirt, will make her graded-stakes debut at historic Pimlico Race Course in Friday’s $150,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff (G3). Exotic West drew the rail in the field of six for […]
Pizza Bianca Looks to Return to Winning Ways in $100,000 Hilltop
Evenly-Matched Field of 11 to Contest $100,000 The Very One BALTIMORE – Bobby Flay’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf (G1) winner from last year Pizza Bianca will headline the 50th running of the one-mile $100,000 Hilltop Stakes Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course. The Hilltop, for 3-year-old fillies, and the $100,000 The Very One for […]