Requests for Preakness 150 Credentials
Entries for Woods, Frutkoff Preakness Awards BALTIMORE – 1/ST is accepting media credentials for Preakness 150, to be held Saturday, May 17 at Pimlico Race Course. Credentials are provided to media members who represent professional news gathering organizations that produce and publish original content. Freelancers will not be granted credentials without a letter of support […]
Gosger, Bracket Buster possible for Preakness after 1-2 Lexington Finish
BALTIMORE — Gosger and Bracket Buster both are possible for the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico after finishing 1-2 in Saturday’s $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. While not committing to the 1 3/16-mile Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Gosger trainer Brendan Walsh and Bracket Buster trainer Vicki Oliver both said after […]
$2 Million Preakness (G1) 150 Tops Lucrative Stakes Weekend
Total of 16 Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $4.3 Million May 16 & 17 BALTIMORE – Headlined by the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, a total of 16 stakes, eight graded, worth $4.3 million in purses will be contested Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at historic […]
Millionaires Post Time and Coastal Mission Among Jennings Nominations
$100,000 Fire Plug Nominees include multiple Grade 3 winners Super Chow and Repo Rocks 2025 Maryland Racing Calendar Giveaway on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. BALTIMORE –- Millionaires Post Time and Coastal Mission are among 16 state-bred or -sired performers nominated to the $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park. The Jennings, for 3-year-olds and upward at […]
One Man Team Leads All the Way in $100,000 Heft
Caprice Gets Fifth Stakes Win in $100,000 Gin Talking BALTIMORE – Robert LaPenta and Madaket Stables’ One Man Team, making just his second career start, took an early lead he never relinquished and powered home an impressive front-running winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Heft at Laurel Park. The Heft for 2-year-olds and $100,000 Gin Talking […]
Debut Winner One Man Team Taking Step Up in $100,000 Heft
Caprice Chasing Fifth Stakes Victory in $100,000 Gin Talking Rodriguez, Russell to Finish as Meet, Overall Leading Jockey, Trainer BALTIMORE – Robert LaPenta and Madaket Stables’ promising juvenile colt One Man Team, an eye-catching winner of his Halloween unveiling, will take the jump up to stakes company for his second start in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft […]
Film Star Shines Bright in $100,000 Robert Manfuso
Sea Dancer Springs 16-1 Upset in $100,000 Carousel Celtic Contender Digs in to Win $75,000 Bender Memorial Spencerian Becomes Stakes Winner in $75,000 Politely BALTIMORE – Ronald Stewart’s Grade 2-placed New York shipper Film Star battled the length of the stretch with local stakes winner Speedyness before getting his head down on the wire for […]
Copper Tax Looks to Stay Perfect at Laurel in Robert Manfuso
7YO Mare Movie Moxie Chasing First Stakes Victory in Carousel Maryland-Breds in Spotlight in H&S Bender Memorial, Politely BALTIMORE – Rose Petal Stable’s 3-year-old Copper Tax, last out winner of the Richard W. Small in his first try against older horses, will face elders again as he looks to keep his perfect record intact at […]
Tony Eclipse Impressive in $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Victory
Caprice Gets Fourth Stakes Win in $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Filly BALTIMORE – The Elkstone Group homebred Tony Eclipse put away pacesetter Executive Order rounding the far turn, straightened for home in front and powered through the stretch to a popular 3 ¾-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Juvenile at Laurel Park. The 43rd running of […]
Longtime Maryland Trainer Rodney Jenkins Passes Away
Octogenarian Owner Ellen Charles: ‘He Was Very Special’ BALTIMORE – Longtime Maryland horseman Rodney Jenkins, who successfully transitioned from a Hall of Fame show career to a Thoroughbred trainer of such horses as millionaire Cordmaker and fellow graded-stakes winners Bandbox and Running Tide, passed away Thursday evening at the age of 80. Jenkins’ last starter, […]