How Preakness Stakes Owner, Belinda Stronach, Transforms The Thoroughbred Horse Racing Industry For The Next Generation
Thoroughbred horse racing is one of the oldest sporting events in America. The Preakness Stakes was founded in 1873, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is one leg of the prestigious American Triple Crown. Belinda Stronach, Chairman, CEO & President of 1/ST, owner […]
Trio of Graded Winners Top $100,000 Shine Again Nominations
117 Total Noms for Five Stakes Worth $475,000 Sunday, June 13 BALTIMORE – Graded-stakes winners Hibiscus Punch, Pacific Gale and Victim of Love, 11-time stakes winner Anna’s Bandit and Chub Wagon, undefeated through six starts, top 19 horses nominated to the $100,000 Shine Again at historic Pimilco Race Course. The Shine Again for fillies and […]
Pimlico Rainbow 6 Carryover Tops $800,000
Video: MJC Analyst Tim Tullock Sunday Rainbow 6 Selections BALTIMORE – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Sunday at Pimlico Race Course, raising the Maryland state record jackpot carryover to $833,252.12 for Monday’s special eight-race program. First race post time is 12:40 p.m. Maryland Jockey Club host and handicapper Tim Tullock has a best bet […]
State Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $783,267 for Sunday
Video: MJC Analyst Naomi Tukker’s Sunday Rainbow 6 Selections BALTIMORE – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course, raising the Maryland state record jackpot carryover to $783,267.38 for Sunday’s eight-race program. First race post time is 12:40 p.m. Aktham finished second as the only horse live to take down the […]
Friday’s Stronach 5 Returns $1,297
Longest Shot in Sequence $6.90-1 BALTIMORE – There were 79 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each returning $1,297.70. The Stronach 5 featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Gulfstream Park as well as an industry-low 12-percent takeout. Four of the five winners returned under $10 with the […]
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Swells to $747,098 for Saturday
$759,025 Wagered into Late Pick 5, All Five Winners Paid $3,849 Exculpatory Returns to Maryland a Winner in Friday Feature BALTIMORE – A special Memorial Day weekend schedule of live racing continues Saturday with the Maryland state record jackpot carryover having grown to $747,098.73 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 after going unsolved Friday at historic […]
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 […]
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. Hamilton Smith, […]
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. The multi-track wager, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, begins at 4:47 p.m. with 11 claimers going a mile on the Pimlico turf course and is followed by […]
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. “I’ve been counting,” Perez, 33, said. “I told my wife, ‘Look I’m getting close. It’s coming. It’s coming.’ She was like, […]