Wesley Ward Aims for Second Straight Win in Miss Preakness (G3)
Happy Soul Faces Seven Rivals in $150,000 Dash for 3-Year-Old Fillies BALTIMORE – Trainer Wesley Ward won last year’s Miss Preakness (G3) with a blossoming filly that was light on credentials, Red Ghost. He’s hoping to win the race a second straight year with another – Gayla Rankin’s Happy Soul – that brings a more […]
Shake Em Loose Works on Turf Sunday, Will Skip Preakness (G1)
Sophomore Gelding Set to Run in $100,000 James W. Murphy on Grass BALTIMORE – It’s back to the grass for J R Sanchez Racing Stable’s Shake Em Loose after the claimer-turned-multiple stakes winner on dirt breezed over Laurel Park’s world-class turf course Sunday morning. Working in company with 6-year-old stakes-winning mare Can the Queen, Shake […]
First Captain Seeks Rebound in $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Shares Spotlight with $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 20 Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1.05 Million in Purses BALTIMORE – Grade 3 winner First Captain, exiting the first off-the-board finish of his career, will get an opportunity to rebound as well as give Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the […]
Epicenter ‘Pretty Sharp’ for Saturday’s 147th Preakness
Creative Minister, Not Epicenter Sports Winchell Bloodlines ‘Oath’ Owner: ‘We’ll Step Outside the Box within Reason’ BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, the Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and probable favorite for Saturday’s 147th Preakness (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, had his penultimate training session at Churchill Downs Sunday morning before being vanned to Baltimore Tuesday. Epicenter […]
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 […]