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 […]
Blinkers On for Whocouldaskformo in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
Prevalence Looking to Maintain Momentum in Maryland Sprint (G3) Advance Wagering Friday on Saturday’s Entire Preakness Day Car BALTIMORE – Following off the board finishes in back-to-back graded-stakes, Courtlandt Farms’ Whocouldaskformo will have a change of equipment when she returns in Friday’s $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The […]
McPeek ‘Going to Enjoy’ Mystik Dan’s Preakness Run Saturday
McPeek, Lukas Entertain at Thursday’s Alibi Breakfast Baffert: Imagination ‘Will Be Tough’ in $2 Million Preakness Cox Seeks Career Triple Crown Sweep in 149th Preakness BALTIMORE – Trainer Kenny McPeek, separated from his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for all of four days, liked what he saw Thursday morning in Mystik Dan, who has inherited the […]
Jockey Great Frankie Dettori Seeks first Triple Crown Win in Preakness
Dettori Set to Ride Imagination in $2 Million Middle Jewel on Saturday BALTIMORE – Legendary jockey Frankie Dettori, who has excelled on the international stage while also winning 15 Breeders’ Cup races in the U.S., longs to add another notable triumph to his impressive riding resume: a win in a Triple Crown event. The 53-year-old […]
Starlight’s Wolf Hoping to See Colors in Preakness Infield
Imagination to Wear Co-Owner’s Silks in Saturday’s Middle Jewel BALTIMORE – Though his two visits to the winner’s circle after the Preakness Stakes (G1) were exciting and mighty satisfying, Jack Wolf said there will be an extra bonus if Imagination is able to get to the wire first on Saturday. It’s personal. Something that most […]