Racing News

Fluffy Socks Comfortable Winner of $100,000 Gallorette (G3)

05/18/2024

Millionaire Snaps 7-Race Losing Streak, Earns Trip to French G1

BALTIMORE – Head of Plains Partners’ millionaire mare Fluffy Socks, already a three-time graded-stakes winner, added a fourth in dominant fashion to snap her seven-race losing in Saturday’s $100,000 Gallorette (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Frost Free Makes the Grade in $200,000 Chick Lang (G3)

05/18/2024

Midwest Shipper Earns First Stakes Victory in Fifth Attempt

BALTIMORE – Keene Thoroughbreds’ Frost Free, stakes-placed in back-to-back starts, broke running and never looked back to break through with a 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

The 48th running of the six-furlong Chick Lang for 3-year-olds was the second of nine stakes, five graded, worth $3.3 million in purses headlined by the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Apple Picker Bounces Back in $100,000 Skipat Victory

05/18/2024

4YO Filly Up in Time to Open Preakness Day Stakes Program

BALTIMORE – Racing over an off track for the first time didn’t faze Michael Dubb’s Grade 3 heroine Apple Picker, who splashed home a 1 ¾-length winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat to kick off the stakes portion of Preakness Day at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Gun Song Fires Big in $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Triumph

05/17/2024

Fifth Win in Pimlico’s Premiere 3YO Filly Race for Jockey Velazquez
Milestone 100th Running Capped Stakes-Filled Day on Preakness Eve

BALTIMORE – Her connections thought enough of Gun Song to make the 3-year-old filly an early nomination to the 2024 Triple Crown. Though those dreams never materialized, the chestnut daughter of newly elected Hall of Famer Gun Runner pulled down a major prize Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course in a milestone edition of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2).

Historic Black-Eyed Susan Day Sets Handle Record

05/17/2024

BALTIMORE - The 100th edition of the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course Friday produced a record total handle of $28.4 million.

The Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies, one of six stakes worth $1 million in purses on the afternoon, was won by R. Lee Lewis’ Gun Song, trained by Mark Hennig and ridden by Hall of Famer John Velazquez.

Pyrenees Thrilling Winner of $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)

05/17/2024

Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Preceded 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
Third Stakes Win of Day for Trainer Cherie DeVaux

BALTIMORE – Blue Heaven Farm’s Pyrenees, taking a three-race win streak into his stakes debut, made it four in a row by running down favored Kingsbarns in deep stretch and going on for a thrilling three-quarter-length triumph in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at legendary Pimlico Race Course.

Mystic Lake Pours it On in Miss Preakness (G3) Victory

05/17/2024

South Florida Shipper Sprints to Decisive 4 ½-Length Win

BALTIMORE – C2 Racing Stable and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake, already a two-time stakes winner, earned her first graded credentials with an impressive front-running 4 ½-length victory in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

She Feels Pretty Eye-Catching Hilltop Winner in Season Opener

05/17/2024

G1 Winner at 2 Making First Start Since Breeders’ Cup in November

BALTIMORE – Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty, a Grade 1 winner in her second career start last fall, opened her sophomore season in style with a 5 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Hilltop Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Shotgun Hottie Good-Looking Winner of Allaire du Pont Distaff

05/17/2024

5YO Kicks Off Friday’s Stakes Program with Popular Victory

BALTIMORE – Omar Aldabbagh and Jeff Ganje’s Grade 3 winner Shotgun Hottie, winless in her first three starts this year, broke through with a popular and decisive 5 ¾-length triumph in Friday’s listed $100,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff at historic Pimlico Race Course.

It Was a ‘Sonny’ Friday Morning at Pimlico Race Course

05/17/2024

BALTIMORE – It was cloudy all over Baltimore Friday morning, but the forecast outside the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course was nothing but Sonny.

As in Sonny the dog, the 5-year-old right-hand man er, canine, of trainer Kenny McPeek.

Sonny, a fun-loving white Labrador, was at his owner’s side when McPeek showed up to tend to Mystik Dan, the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s149th running of the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1).