Racing News

Three on the Turf in Friday's Stronach 5

05/27/2021

Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout

BALTIMORE – Races from Pimlico Race Course, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Gulfstream Park, including three on the turf, comprise Friday’s Stronach 5.

Jockey Xavier Perez Approaching 1,000th Win Milestone

05/26/2021

Popular Rider has Four Mounts on Friday Card at Pimlico

BALTIMORE – Maryland-based jockey Xavier Perez is closing in on his 1,000th career victory, not that the popular and personable rider needs a reminder.

Bandits Warrior Honors Sister with Debut Triumph Sunday

05/23/2021

2-Year-Old Filly Half to 11-Time Stakes Winner Anna’s Bandit
Live Racing Returns Friday with Rainbow 6 Carryover of $708,857

BALTIMORE – Following in the family tradition of her 11-time stakes-winning older half-sister, Anna’s Bandit, No Guts No Glory Farm’s Maryland homebred Bandits Warrior sprinted to a decisive 2 ½-length debut victory Sunday at Pimlico Race Course.

Full, Competitive Fields for Sundays Rainbow 6 Sequence

05/22/2021

Maryland State Record Jackpot Carryover Reaches $670,306
Jockey J.D. Acosta Registers Natural Hat Trick Saturday

BALTIMORE – Sunday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 at Pimlico Race Course will feature full fields and competitive races for bettors as they attempt to take down a Maryland state-record jackpot carryover of $670,306.25 after it went unsolved during Saturday’s program.

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

Friday's Stronach 5 Yields Multiple Payoffs of $12,378

05/21/2021

BALTIMORE – The national weekly Stronach 5 wager produced 10 winning tickets worth $12,378.30 each following Friday’s cross-country sequence.

A total of $138,309.19 was put into the popular multi-race, multi-track wager that features an industry-low 12 percent takeout. Friday’s sequence opened with three consecutive turf races on both coasts followed by a pair of West Coast main track races.

State Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $625,866 for Saturday

05/21/2021

Winston Pegg, Hightailing & Owner-Trainer Towler Break Maidens Friday
Jockey Carrasco, Trainer Trombetta Team Up for Friday Triple

BALTIMORE – After going unsolved Friday, the Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 reached $625,866.27 for Saturday’s nine-race program at Pimlico Race Course.

Post time is 12:40 p.m.

Chance It Set for Long-Awaited Return in Sunday Feature

05/21/2021

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Tonalist’s Shape Returns Saturday

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Shooting Star Thoroughbreds LLC’s Chance It found no easy spot to make his long-awaited return to the races in Sunday’s feature race at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multiple-stakes winner is scheduled to face five battle-tested rivals in a six-furlong optional claiming allowance.

Wondrwherecraigis Has Connections Excited After Impressive Comeback

05/21/2021

Multiple Stakes Winner Anna’s Bandit Breezes Wednesday, Nears Return
Sunday Program Includes Maiden Special Weight for Juvenile Fillies

BALTIMORE – Wonder no more. Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables’ stakes-placed Wondrwherecraigis is back, and in a big way.

Impressive Debut Winner Sosua Fights Back to Take Thursday Feature

05/20/2021

Maryland State Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $598,522 for Friday

BALTIMORE – Mark B. Grier’s Sosua, favored at 4-5 off a 12 ¾-length debut victory March 31 at Tampa Bay Downs, set the pace into mid-stretch, briefly lost the lead and then fought back again along the inside to edge Pretty Edgy by a nose in Thursday’s featured seventh race at Pimlico Race Course.

Stronach 5 Kicks off With Allowance Race from Old Hilltop

05/20/2021

Four Tracks, 12-Percent Takeout

BALTIMORE – Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature full fields, four tracks, and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

The popular wager, which had three winning tickets last week each worth $40,140, will feature racing from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.