Racing News

Triple Carryovers for Start of Memorial Day Weekend Racing

State Record Rainbow 6 Jackpot Carryover Stands at $708,857
Friday Program Includes $115,038 Carryover in Late Pick 5
Video: Tukker Handicaps Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5

BALTIMORE – There will be more to celebrate than just the start of Memorial Day weekend when live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday with a trio of carryovers worth nearly $830,000.

Laurel Park Horsemen Settling Into Temporary Home at Timonium

Well-Meant Artistic Reason Set to Launch Comeback in Saturday Allowance
Nominations for Five June 13 Stakes at Pimlico Close Sunday, May 30

BALTIMORE – While work continues on a complete resurfacing of the main track, some Laurel Park-based horsemen are settling into their new temporary surroundings at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

Three on the Turf in Friday's Stronach 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.