Racing News

Pretty Lavish Looks to Rebound in $125,000 Hilltop Stakes

05/12/2025

Bosserati, Loon Cry, Accomplished Girl Loom Large in $100,000 The Very One

BALTIMORE – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Bobby Flay’s Pretty Lavish, who began her racing career with a pair of victories in Ireland and the United States, will be looking to rebound from a disappointing stakes debut in Friday’s $125,000 Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

McCarthy: Journalism Thriving Leading Up to 150th Preakness Stakes

05/12/2025

Lukas: ‘I Have Always Enjoyed Every Minute’ of 45 Years at Pimlico
Clever Again ‘Happy’ Following 4F Breeze for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown
Enter John Velazquez

BALTIMORE – It didn’t take long for trainer Michael McCarthy to approve the proposal to run Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism in the 150th Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.

National Law Focuses Better Without Blinkers

05/11/2025

Jockey Jevian Toledo reaches career milestone
Northern Glow gives Russell a Mother’s Day present

BALTIMORE — Jevian Toledo was impressed.

Stakes-Placed Family Making Dirt Debut in G3 Miss Preakness

05/11/2025

6F Sprint for 3YO Fillies Draws Competitive Baker’s Dozen Friday

BALTIMORE – C2 Racing Stable and Machmer Hall’s Family is a key contender in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) for 3-year-old fillies racing six furlongs at Pimlico Race Course.

She is also somewhat of a question mark, having never raced on dirt. If you believe in family, however, then the Saffie Joseph Jr. trainee should handle it just fine.

Pyrenees Making Title Defense in $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)

05/11/2025

Shares Spotlight with $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 16

BALTIMORE – Blue Heaven Farm homebred Pyrenees, who capped a spectacular day of racing for trainer Cherie DeVaux last spring and propelled her to a lucrative weekend bonus, will make his 5-year-old debut in an attempt to defend his title in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday, May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.

Brittany Russell Looks to Build Resume in G2 Black-Eyed Susan

05/11/2025

Maryland’s Leading Trainer in 2023-24 Has Reply in 3YO Filly Fixture
Tops Six Stakes, Three Graded, Worth $1.05 Million Friday May 16

BALTIMORE – Throughout her still young but meteoric career, Brittany Russell has often been in a class by herself. Only the fourth female trainer ever to win a meet title in Maryland in the spring of 2022, she became the first to do it more than once and now has nine to her credit, the most recent coming at the Laurel Park stand that ended May 4.

McCarthy: Journalism’s Preakness Status Will Be Decided Monday

05/11/2025

Goal Oriented Works 4F for Stakes Debut in Middle Jewel of Triple Crown

BALTIMORE – Trainer Michael McCarthy returned to Louisville from his Southern California base to watch Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism train Sunday morning at Churchill Downs. While he liked what he saw, McCarthy stopped short of committing to Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

New York Knights Capture National Thoroughbred League’s Pimlico Cup

05/10/2025

Jockey Ismerio Villalobos wins two NTL races

BALTIMORE - The National Thoroughbred League (NTL) season began at Pimlico on a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon, and the New York Knights captured the Pimlico Cup.

Enter Sandman! Casse Trainee to be Entered in Preakness 150

05/10/2025

River Thames Breezes 4F at Belmont for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown

BALTIMORE – Enter Sandman!

D J Stable LLC, St. Elias Stable LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds and CJ Stables’ Sandman, who finished seventh in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) following a troubled trip, will be entered in next Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said Saturday.

Late Nite Call Takes Pimlico Opening Day Feature

05/09/2025

BALTIMORE - After Late Nite Call wired five others in a maiden special weight at Laurel Park, trainer Niall Saville remarked “there was no off switch.”

On Friday at Pimlico, Late Nite Call turned it on once again, gamely re-rallying along the rail to beat favored Mischief in Motion by a half-length in the featured eighth race, a $49,000 first-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.