Racing News

Ginger N Rye Seeks First Stakes Win in $75,000 All Brandy

06/22/2016
Phlash Phelps Back to Defend Title in $75,000 Find
 
BALTIMORE – Sagamore Farms’ homebred filly Ginger N Rye, first or second in six of 10 career races, makes her third straight stakes start looking for her first black-type victory in Saturday’s $75,000 All Brandy Stakes at historic Pimlico Race Course.
 

Rose Brier Takes Local Streak into $60,000 Edward P. Evans

06/22/2016
Well-Traveled Multiple Stakes Winner Unbeaten in Three Career Maryland Starts
Competitive Field of 13 to Contest $60,000 Nellie Mae Cox
Stakes Winners Exaggerated, Two Notch Road Top $60,000 White Oak Farm
 

Bodhisattva Impressive in Maryland Return Sunday

06/19/2016
Stakes Winner Goes Last to First to Capture Father’s Day Feature
 
BALTIMORE – Making his first start in Maryland in more than a year, Bodhisattva rallied from dead last with a powerful sweeping move on the far outside to win the featured seventh race on a special Father’s Day program Sunday at historic Pimlico Race Course.
 

Bodhisattva Makes Maryland Return in Sunday Feature; Triple Carryovers for Sunday’s Eight-Race Program; Father’s Day Brunch From 1-5 p.m. Sunday

06/18/2016
Leafy Shade Uses Inside Trip to Capture Saturday Feature
Voluntario, Lovable Lady Impressive in Allowance Wins
Triple Carryovers for Sunday’s Eight-Race Program
Father’s Day Brunch From 1-5 p.m. Sunday
 

Buzzworthy Creates Saturday Carryovers at Pimlico

06/17/2016
BALTIMORE - When Robert Gamber's 70-1 longshot Buzzworthy crossed the finish line first in Pimlico's eighth and final race Friday, it created carryovers in Saturday's Rainbow 6 and Super Hi 5.
 
First post for Saturday's nine-race program is 1:10 p.m.
 

Hall of Famer Prado Earns 6,900th Career Win

06/16/2016
Rainbow 6, Pick 5, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Friday’s Program
 
BALTIMORE – Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado picked up his 6,900th career victory when he came from off the pace to upset Thursday’s second race at historic Pimlico Race Course.
 

Jockey Lynch Enjoying Career Renaissance in Maryland

06/16/2016
Former Champion Apprentice Co-Leading Rider at Preakness Meet
 
BALTIMORE – Following a cold winter and a moderate spring, jockey Feargal Lynch has been heating up as summer approaches, heading into the final two weeks of the Preakness Meet at Pimlico tied atop the rider standings.
 

Pimlico’s Closing Weekend Turf Stakes Draw 122 Nominations

06/14/2016
Five Stakes for Maryland, Virginia-Breds Set for June 25
 
BALTIMORE – Five turf stakes at Pimlico worth $330,000 for horses bred in Maryland and Virginia have attracted 122 nominations.
 
The races, to be run Saturday, June 25, come on closing weekend of the 28-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico. The spring stand ends June 26 before racing shifts to Laurel Park for its summer meet starting Friday, July 1.
 

Prado Stays Busy on 49th Birthday

06/12/2016
BALTIMORE - Hall of Fame rider Edgar Prado stayed active on his 49th birthday, riding two horses Sunday at Pimlico Race Course.
 
Prado moved his tack from Florida to Maryland in May. He's currently the fifth-leading rider at Pimlico, winning at a 22-percent clip and finishing in the money at a 44-percent clip. Prado dominated the Maryland circuit for a decade - winning 24 riding titles - before moving to New York in 1998.
 

Carrasco Wins 5 at Pimlico

06/12/2016
Sets Course Record on Inside Out
 
BALTIMORE - Jockey Victor Carrasco had a memorable Saturday afternoon at Pimlico Race Course.
 
Not only did he win five of Pimlico's nine races, but he set a course record aboard Lael Stable's Inside Out in the eighth race.
 
Carrasco also won five races last October at Laurel Park.