BALTIMORE, 05-23-14---Four trainers took advantage of Pimlico’s trainer bonus last weekend, with Todd Pletcher earning top honors and a check for $50,000.

Trainers earned points based on finishes in 15 stakes races on the May 16-17 cards. Conditioners had to start at least five horses and received points for finishing first (10 points), second (7), third (5), fourth (3) and starting a horse (1 point) in each race.

Pletcher used victories by Stopchargingmaria in the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) and Revolutionary in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) to compile 27 points.

“It definitely caught my attention,” said Pletcher, who started seven runners in the 15 eligible stakes races.

Phil Schoenthal finished second with 22 points and received $25,000. The Laurel Park-based conditioner won the Miss Preakness with Miss Behaviour on the Black-Eyed Susan card and finished second and third in the Rollicking Stakes.

Graham Motion was third with 13 points and took home $12,000, while Wesley Ward (nine points) finished fourth for $7,000.
 

MOTION WINS A PAIR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE TIE IN SPRING STANDINGS

Motion, who turned 50 yesterday, won a pair of races Friday afternoon and moved into a second place tie in the trainer standings with eight live racing days remaining in the spring meeting.

Charm City Girl ($12.20) broke her maiden in the third, while Qualify ($6.80) won for the second time during the stand.

Motion is 10-of-45 at Old Hilltop since April 3. Jamie Ness also has 10 victories. Both trail Kieron Magee, who tops the standings with 13 winners.

Trevor McCarthy has a commanding lead in the rider standings with 38 trips to the winners’ circle, 15 more than Victor Carrasco.
 

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Historic Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness® Stakes, the middle jewel in horse racing's famed Triple Crown, first opened its doors on October 25, 1870, and is the second oldest racetrack in the United States. Pimlico has played host to racing icons and Baltimoreans have seen the likes of legendary horses such as Man o’ War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Affirmed and Cigar thunder down the stretch in thrilling and memorable competition. For more information on Pimlico, visit www.pimlico.com.

Pimlico Race Course is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America's top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America's premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.