Racing News

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.

Michael Behrens, MyRacehorse Named Preakness Honorary Postmaster

05/09/2025

Presented May 15 During Preakness 150 Week at Pimlico Race Course

BALTIMORE – Michael Behrens and MyRacehorse, owners of 2024 Preakness (G1) winner Seize the Grey, have been named to the role of Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 150 Saturday, May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

Behrens and MyRacehorse will be recognized Thursday, May 15 at the Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico.

Wood Memorial Winner Rodriguez out of 150th Preakness Stakes

05/09/2025

Goal Oriented So Far, So Good for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown
Derby Runner-Up Journalism ‘Showed Good Energy’ Friday

BALTIMORE – SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC’s, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Diane Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital LLC, and Catherine Donovan’s Rodriguez will not run in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

The Maryland Jockey Club Names Board of Directors

05/09/2025

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA) proudly announces the inaugural board of directors for The Maryland Jockey Club, Inc., a newly formed nonprofit entity charged with overseeing live Thoroughbred racing at Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course—home of the world-renowned Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of racing’s Triple Crown—and a new, state-of-the-art training facility built in Carroll County Maryland.

Ex-Jockey Andrea Seefeldt Knight Gets Fired Up in New Career

05/08/2025

2nd Woman to Ride in Preakness, 3rd to Ride in Kentucky Derby in 90s
Transitioned from Jockey to Competitive Clay Shooter and Instructor

BALTIMORE – The competitive fires still burned for Andrea Seefeldt Knight when her career as a professional jockey came to an end in the fall of 1994 after 14 years in the irons, many spent doing things no – or at least very few – female rider ever had.

Defending Champ Balnikhov Among G2 Dinner Party Nominees

05/08/2025

Among 8 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.3M on Preakness Undercard

BALTIMORE – Defending champion Balnikhov, fellow millionaires Tawny Port and Trikari, and multiple graded-stakes winner Neat, on the cusp of reaching the milestone himself, are among 40 horses nominated to the $250,000 Dinner Party (G3) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.