Racing News

Girls Know Best Smart Winner of $100,000 The Very One

05/19/2018
BALTIMORE – Girls Know Best, claimed for $40,000 last fall, became a stakes winner for the second time Saturday with a popular 1 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 The Very One at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 
The 19th running of the five-furlong The Very One for fillies and mares 3 and up was among seven undercard stakes, three graded, on a 14-race program highlighted by the 143rd renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
 

Mitole Sprints Away from Field in $200,000 ClearSpan Chick Lang

05/19/2018
BALTIMORE – L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Mitole found the off track to his liking Saturday, extending his win streak to three races with an eye-opening 6 ¼-length romp in the $200,000 ClearSpan Chick Lang at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 
The 43rd running of the six-furlong Chick Lang for 3-year-olds was among seven undercard stakes, three graded, on a 14-race program that supported the 143rd renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1).
 

Ultra Brat Runs Away with $150,000 Stella Artois Gallorette

05/19/2018
BALTIMORE – Alex G. Campbell Jr.’s homebred Ultra Brat bounced back from a subpar effort in a big way, taking the lead at the top of the stretch and rolling to a 10 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Stella Artois Gallorette (G3) at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 
The 67th running of the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette for fillies and mares 3 and up on the turf was the fourth of seven undercard stakes, three graded, on a 14-race program that supported the 143rd renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1).

Tap Daddy Dances to $100,000 BMW James W. Murphy Win

05/19/2018
BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Tap Daddy disposed of stalking rival California Night at the top of the stretch and sprinted clear to a 6 ½-length victory in the $100,000 BMW James W. Murphy Saturday at legendary Pimlico Race Course. 
 
The 53rd running of the James Murphy for 3-year-olds was the first of eight stakes, four graded, worth $2.55 million in purses on a 14-race program highlighted by the 143rd renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Irish War Cry Makes Statement in $300,000 Pimlico Special

05/18/2018
Multiple G2 Winner Snaps Six-Race Losing Streak in Historic Stakes
 
BALTIMORE – Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry, one of the leading Triple Crown contenders last spring, made an emphatic return to that form for the first time as an older horse with a commanding 4 ½-length triumph in Friday’s $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 

Happy Like a Fool Turns Miss Preakness (G3) into a Laugher

05/18/2018
Earns Second Graded-Stakes Victory in Fourth U.S. Start
 
BALTIMORE – Merriebelle Stable, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier’s Happy Like a Fool bounded to the lead at the start and splashed home an easy front-running winner of Saturday’s $150,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness (G3) at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 

Vertical Oak Stands Tall in $100,000 Skipat Victory

05/18/2018
BALTIMORE – J. Kirk and Judy Robison’s Vertical Oak dueled with fellow graded-stakes winner Ms Locust Point from the gate into mid-stretch before pulling away in the final furlong for a 1 ½-length victory in the $100,000 Skipat Stakes Saturday at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
 

Preakness, Black-Eye Susan Programs to be Streamed in Spanish

05/17/2018

First Live Spanish Broadcast of Entire Weekend Programs

BALTIMORE – For the first time, Friday's Black-Eyed Susan (G2) and Saturday’s Preakness (G1) programs from legendary Pimlico Race Course will be streamed live at Pimlico.com and GulfstreamPark.com.

Maryland Trainer Corrales Continues to Live the Dream

05/17/2018
Three years after his first Preakness starter, Corrales looks for big day on Preakness Eve
 
BALTIMORE – In case you’ve forgotten about Bodhisattva … oh, wait. Maybe you have.
 

Fasig-Tipton Named Title Sponsor of Preakness Stakes Barn Winner’s Party

05/17/2018
BALTIMORE - Fasig-Tipton, North America’s oldest Thoroughbred auction house, has reached an agreement with Pimlico Race Course as title-sponsor of the Stakes Barn Winners Party on Preakness Day.