Racing News

Highestdistinction Extends Streak in $200,000 BWI Turf Cup (G3)

09/16/2023

Third Consecutive Victory, Second Straight in Stakes, for 6YO Gelding

BALTIMORE – Willow Lane Stables, Inc. homebred Highestdistinction, better than ever at the age of 6, ran his win streak to three races with a second consecutive stakes triumph and first in graded company in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Dollarization Springs 18-1 Upset in $100,000 Lite the Fuse

09/16/2023

Apple Picker Impresses in $100,000 Weather Vane
Intrepid Daydream Sparkles in $75,000 Shine Again

BALTIMORE – James Wolf’s Dollarization sat off dueling Grade 3 winners Jaxon Traveler and Wondrwherecraigis and came with a powerful run through the stretch to spring a three-length upset at odds of 18-1 in Saturday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Full Count Felicia Full of Run in $100,000 All Along

09/16/2023

Witty is No Joke in $75,000 Ben’s Cat

BALTIMORE – Gold Square’s Full Count Felicia, racing for just the second time this year, got into a comfortable rhythm on the front end and rolled to her first stakes victory in eye-catching style with an 8 ½-length romp in Saturday’s $100,000 All Along at historic Pimlico Race Course.

$200,000 BWI Turf Cup (G3) Tops Stakes-Filled Saturday Card

09/15/2023

One-Mile Headliner Among Six Stakes Worth $650,000 in Purses
Taste of the Track: Enjoy Trackside Seat with Bourbon and BBQ
2YO Colt Classic Joke Graduates in Front-Running Fashion Friday
Jockey Humphrey, Trainer McMahon Team Up for Friday Hat Trick

BALTIMORE – Historic Pimlico Race Course will celebrate the penultimate weekend of its boutique nine-day fall stand Saturday with an 11-race schedule featuring six stakes worth $650,000 in purses, as well as Bourbon and BBQ on the track apron.

Magic Michael Set to Return as Live Racing Resumes Friday

09/14/2023

Unraced Since Last Fall, G3 Winner Draws Outside in Feature

BALTIMORE – Morris Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs and Jagger Inc.’s Grade 3 winner Magic Michael, unraced since finishing second by a length in defense of his 2021 Greenwood Cup (G3) title last fall, is entered to make his season debut when live racing returns Friday to historic Pimlico Race Course.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

Tappin Josie Looking to Rebound in $100,000 Weather Vane

09/14/2023

Among Four Stakes Winners in Six-Furlong Sprint for 3YO Fillies

BALTIMORE – Darryl Abramowitz’s Tappin Josie, off the board for the first time this year when stepped up to Grade 1 company in her last start, will face three other stakes winners while seeking a return to form in Saturday’s $100,000 Weather Vane at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Witty Chasing Turf Stakes Win in $75,000 Ben’s Cat

09/14/2023

First to Act Cutting Back to Sprint in $75,000 Shine Again

BALTIMORE – Witty, a two-time dirt stakes winner bred, owned and trained by Elizabeth Merryman that has run second in three consecutive turf stakes, looks to make a breakthrough in Saturday’s $75,000 Ben’s Cat at historic Pimlico Race Course.

G3 Winners Set for Matchup in $100,000 Lite the Fuse

09/13/2023

Wondrwherecraigis, Jaxon Traveler to Tangle in 6F Sprint

BALTIMORE – Well-traveled sprinters Wondrwherecraigis and Jaxon Traveler, who together have won 14 races including two graded-stakes and more than $1.1 million in purses, will share a starting gate for just the second time in Saturday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Smokin’ T Chases Graded Win in $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

09/13/2023

G3 Event Tops Six Stakes Worth $650,000 in Purses Saturday

BALTIMORE – DATTT Stable homebred Smokin’ T, a stakes winner last month that came within a half-length of earning a million-dollar payday just two weeks ago, wheels back for another chance at picking up graded credentials in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Milagrosa Surena Back on Grass for $100,000 All Along

09/13/2023

G1 Winner in Field of 12 for 1 1/8-Mile Turf Stakes Saturday
Among Six Stakes Worth $650,000 Topped by G3 BWI Turf Cup

BALTIMORE – Buqui Chala R.IV’s Milagrosa Surena, a group-stakes winner on turf and dirt in her native Argentina, will get an opportunity to translate her stakes winning form to North America when she returns to the grass for Saturday’s $100,000 All Along at historic Pimlico Race Course.