Gun Song Fires Big in $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Triumph
Fifth Win in Pimlico’s Premiere 3YO Filly Race for Jockey Velazquez Milestone 100th Running Capped Stakes-Filled Day on Preakness Eve BALTIMORE – Her connections thought enough of Gun Song to make the 3-year-old filly an early nomination to the 2024 Triple Crown. Though those dreams never materialized, the chestnut daughter of newly elected Hall of […]
Historic Black-Eyed Susan Day Sets Handle Record
BALTIMORE – The 100th edition of the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course Friday produced a record total handle of $28.4 million. The Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies, one of six stakes worth $1 million in purses on the afternoon, was won by R. Lee Lewis’ Gun Song, trained by Mark Hennig and […]
Pyrenees Thrilling Winner of $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Preceded 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Third Stakes Win of Day for Trainer Cherie DeVaux BALTIMORE – Blue Heaven Farm’s Pyrenees, taking a three-race win streak into his stakes debut, made it four in a row by running down favored Kingsbarns in deep stretch and going on for a thrilling three-quarter-length triumph […]
Mystic Lake Pours it On in Miss Preakness (G3) Victory
South Florida Shipper Sprints to Decisive 4 ½-Length Win BALTIMORE – C2 Racing Stable and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake, already a two-time stakes winner, earned her first graded credentials with an impressive front-running 4 ½-length victory in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 39th running of the six-furlong Miss Preakness […]
She Feels Pretty Eye-Catching Hilltop Winner in Season Opener
G1 Winner at 2 Making First Start Since Breeders’ Cup in November BALTIMORE – Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty, a Grade 1 winner in her second career start last fall, opened her sophomore season in style with a 5 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Hilltop Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 52nd running of […]
Shotgun Hottie Good-Looking Winner of Allaire du Pont Distaff
5YO Kicks Off Friday’s Stakes Program with Popular Victory BALTIMORE – Omar Aldabbagh and Jeff Ganje’s Grade 3 winner Shotgun Hottie, winless in her first three starts this year, broke through with a popular and decisive 5 ¾-length triumph in Friday’s listed $100,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 31st running […]
It Was a ‘Sonny’ Friday Morning at Pimlico Race Course
BALTIMORE – It was cloudy all over Baltimore Friday morning, but the forecast outside the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course was nothing but Sonny. As in Sonny the dog, the 5-year-old right-hand man er, canine, of trainer Kenny McPeek. Sonny, a fun-loving white Labrador, was at his owner’s side when McPeek showed up […]
Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination
BALTIMORE – The blue-collar horse from the blue-collar track came to Baltimore for the 2004 Preakness Stakes (G1) and obliterated the record for the largest margin of victory. Has it really been 20 years since the horse with the snappy name became the four-legged folk hero of seemingly every man, woman and child in the […]
It’s All About Family with Preakness Favorite Mystik Dan
Baffert: Imagination ‘Needs to Separate Himself’ Catching Freedom ‘Bucking and Squealing’ after Galloping Tuscan Gold ‘Very Focused’ for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown BALTIMORE – If you should hear various Gasaway family members from Arkansas and their friends, the Hambys, repeatedly saying, “Thank you, Ma’am,” they aren’t just being overly polite. Lance Gasaway, his cousin […]