Fluffy Socks Comfortable Winner of $100,000 Gallorette (G3)
Millionaire Snaps 7-Race Losing Streak, Earns Trip to French G1 BALTIMORE – Head of Plains Partners’ millionaire mare Fluffy Socks, already a three-time graded-stakes winner, added a fourth in dominant fashion to snap her seven-race losing in Saturday’s $100,000 Gallorette (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 73rd running of the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette for […]
Frost Free Makes the Grade in $200,000 Chick Lang (G3)
Midwest Shipper Earns First Stakes Victory in Fifth Attempt BALTIMORE – Keene Thoroughbreds’ Frost Free, stakes-placed in back-to-back starts, broke running and never looked back to break through with a 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 48th running of the six-furlong Chick Lang for 3-year-olds was […]
Apple Picker Bounces Back in $100,000 Skipat Victory
4YO Filly Up in Time to Open Preakness Day Stakes Program BALTIMORE – Racing over an off track for the first time didn’t faze Michael Dubb’s Grade 3 heroine Apple Picker, who splashed home a 1 ¾-length winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat to kick off the stakes portion of Preakness Day at historic Pimlico Race […]
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 […]