Rare Non-Stakes Start for Veteran Whereshetoldmetogo Friday
Maryland Million Winners Part of Next Live Program Thursday

BALTIMORE – J R Sanchez Racing Stable’s claimer-turned-multiple stakes winner Shake Em Loose is likely to make his next start on the Preakness Day program May 21 at historic Pimlico Race Course, but owner-trainer Rudy Sanchez-Salomon is still sorting out which race to target.

9-Year-Old Won 11 Races, Six Stakes, Including 2020 De Francis (G3)

BALTIMORE – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki, a winner of six career stakes topped by the 2020 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) who became a fan favorite throughout the Mid-Atlantic over six seasons of racing, has been retired.

Bred in Maryland by Tom Michaels and Lorna Baker, the 9-year-old gelded son of Cuba out of the Swear By Dixie mare Truthful Dutch had not raced since last September when he finished eighth in defense of his De Francis victory.

Kaylasaurus Earns Second Stakes Win in $100,000 Primonetta

BALTIMORE – Proud Stable, Inc.’s Rough Sea, making his 30th career start and first in a stakes, powered through the stretch on the far outside and pulled clear to spring a 40-1 upset in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Posts Front-Running Victory in Turf Sprint

BALTIMORE – R. Larry Johnson’s multiple graded-stakes winner True Valour, an 8-year-old Irish-bred gelding racing for the first time in 13 months, made a triumphant return to competition with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $100,000 King T. Leatherbury at Laurel Park.