Racing News

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.

Maryland Record $562,931 Rainbow 6 Carryover Thursday at Pimlico

05/19/2021

BALTIMORE - After going unsolved during an all-stakes sequence May 15 capped by Rombauer’s upset victory in the 146th Preakness (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a Maryland state record jackpot carryover of $562,931 when live racing returns to Pimlico Race Course Thursday.

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