Racing News

G3 Pimlico Special Winner Harpers First Ride Returns Sunday

06/25/2021

Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.27 Million for Saturday

BALTIMORE - Harpers First Ride is back in the barn of Maryland’s leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez, for whom he won nine of 15 starts including Laurel’s Deputed Testamony, Richard W. Small and Native Dancer in addition to the Pimlico Special in 2020 before being sold prior to a run in the Jan. 23 Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Pimlico Undergoing Enhanced Maintenance of Turf Course

06/25/2021

Grass Races Scheduled Friday & Saturday Moved to Main Track

BALTIMORE – With the Preakness Meet at historic Pimlico Race Course stretched into

August amid ongoing renovations of the main track at Laurel Park, turf racing has been put on hold for the upcoming weekend to ready the grass course for its extended use.

Racing Returns Friday with Record Carryover at $1.25 Million

06/24/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker

BALTIMORE – Live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday to kick off the final weekend of June with another opportunity to take down a Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 that has swelled to $1,253,882.76.

Post time for the first of eight races Friday is 12:40 p.m.

Multiple Stakes Winner Kenny Had a Notion Working His Way Back

06/24/2021

Stakes-Winning Foursome Highlights Featured Friday Allowance
Nominations Close Friday for Independence Day Stakes Worth $350,000

BALTIMORE – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s 3-year-old multiple stakes winner Kenny Had a Notion, who has found success on both turf and dirt, continues to work steadily at historic Pimlico Race Course for his comeback.

Celebrate Father's Day with $1.2 Million Rainbow 6 Carryover

06/19/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker
Jockey Jevian Toledo Registers Four-Win Day Saturday

BALTIMORE – Look no further than Sunday’s nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course for a chance to surprise Dad with the ultimate Father’s Day gift – a million-dollar payday.

Stronach 5 Returns $1,767

06/18/2021

BALTIMORE – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita, had 39 winning tickets with each worth $1,767.

Friday’s sequence started with a bit of a longshot in Posterity ($17.60) winning Pimlico’s seventh race. Lea Farms LLC’s Lightening Larry ($8.80), a 2-year-old by Uncaptured, won the second leg and the fifth race at Gulfstream. The third leg of the sequence was a single for many in 2-5 shot Golden G ($2.80), who won Pimlico’s eighth race.

Saturday’s Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $1.14 Million

06/18/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker

BALTIMORE – Maryland’s state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 continued to climb to new heights after going unsolved Friday, growing to $1,140,043.97 for Saturday’s 10-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

First race post time is 12:40 p.m.

Record Rainbow 6 Jackpot at $1.09 Million for Friday Return

06/17/2021

Video: MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker Handicaps Sequence

BALTIMORE – Unsolved during an action-packed Sunday featuring five stakes worth $475,000 in purses, the Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 stands at $1,093,866.44 when live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday.

Post time for the first of eight races is 12:40 p.m.

Marquez Getting Journeyman Career Off to Strong Start

06/17/2021

18-Year-Old Leading Rider at Historic Pimlico Race Course

BALTIMORE – A quick look will show Charlie Marquez still on top of the rider standings at historic Pimlico Race Course during its extended Preakness Meet, a spot the teenage sensation has held for weeks, but a closer looks reveals one significant change.

Stronach 5 Returns with Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream & Santa Anita

06/17/2021

12-Percent Industry-Low Takeout

BALTIMORE – The Stronach 5 returns Friday with two competitive maiden races and two turf races with full fields from Pimlico and Santa Anita.

The popular wager, cancelled last week when rainstorms forced racing at Pimlico to be called off after the second race, begins Friday at 3:45 ET with Pimlico’s seventh race, a 1 1/16 mile claiming race on the turf from for 3-year-olds and up.