Racing News

Multiple Stakes Winner Kenny Had a Notion Working His Way Back

06/24/2021

Stakes-Winning Foursome Highlights Featured Friday Allowance
Nominations Close Friday for Independence Day Stakes Worth $350,000

BALTIMORE – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s 3-year-old multiple stakes winner Kenny Had a Notion, who has found success on both turf and dirt, continues to work steadily at historic Pimlico Race Course for his comeback.

Celebrate Father's Day with $1.2 Million Rainbow 6 Carryover

06/19/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker
Jockey Jevian Toledo Registers Four-Win Day Saturday

BALTIMORE – Look no further than Sunday’s nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course for a chance to surprise Dad with the ultimate Father’s Day gift – a million-dollar payday.

Stronach 5 Returns $1,767

06/18/2021

BALTIMORE – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita, had 39 winning tickets with each worth $1,767.

Friday’s sequence started with a bit of a longshot in Posterity ($17.60) winning Pimlico’s seventh race. Lea Farms LLC’s Lightening Larry ($8.80), a 2-year-old by Uncaptured, won the second leg and the fifth race at Gulfstream. The third leg of the sequence was a single for many in 2-5 shot Golden G ($2.80), who won Pimlico’s eighth race.

Saturday’s Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $1.14 Million

06/18/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker

BALTIMORE – Maryland’s state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 continued to climb to new heights after going unsolved Friday, growing to $1,140,043.97 for Saturday’s 10-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

First race post time is 12:40 p.m.

Record Rainbow 6 Jackpot at $1.09 Million for Friday Return

06/17/2021

Video: MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker Handicaps Sequence

BALTIMORE – Unsolved during an action-packed Sunday featuring five stakes worth $475,000 in purses, the Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 stands at $1,093,866.44 when live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday.

Post time for the first of eight races is 12:40 p.m.

Marquez Getting Journeyman Career Off to Strong Start

06/17/2021

18-Year-Old Leading Rider at Historic Pimlico Race Course

BALTIMORE – A quick look will show Charlie Marquez still on top of the rider standings at historic Pimlico Race Course during its extended Preakness Meet, a spot the teenage sensation has held for weeks, but a closer looks reveals one significant change.

Stronach 5 Returns with Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream & Santa Anita

06/17/2021

12-Percent Industry-Low Takeout

BALTIMORE – The Stronach 5 returns Friday with two competitive maiden races and two turf races with full fields from Pimlico and Santa Anita.

The popular wager, cancelled last week when rainstorms forced racing at Pimlico to be called off after the second race, begins Friday at 3:45 ET with Pimlico’s seventh race, a 1 1/16 mile claiming race on the turf from for 3-year-olds and up.

Chub Wagon Stays Undefeated with $100,000 Shine Again Victory

06/13/2021

$350,000 Princess Rooney (G2) July 3 at Gulfstream Park Possible Next Spot

BALTIMORE – Daniel Lopez and George Chestnut’s undefeated Chub Wagon passed her biggest test to date with flying colors, reeling in multiple stakes-winning pacesetter Hello Beautiful through the stretch and surging late for a thrilling half-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Shine Again at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Street Lute Wins $100,000 Stormy Blues for Seventh Stakes Victory

06/13/2021

Valued Notion Leads All the Way in $75,000 Ben’s Cat
    
BALTIMORE – The silks jockey Xavier Perez wore said it all – Lucky 7.

Despite an awkward start while breaking from the outside post, Street Lute won her seventh stakes race when she gamely drove around the field to win Sunday’s $100,000 Stormy Blues at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Godolphin's Pixelate Drives to Victory in $100,00 Prince George's County

06/13/2021

BALTIMORE – Godophin LLC’s Pixelate, fifth in the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) and beaten a nose last time out here in the Henry Clark, ran down Logical Myth down the stretch to win Sunday’s $100,000 Prince George’s County at Pimlico Race Course by a length.

Trained by Michael Stidham and ridden by Joe Bravo, Pixelate covered a good 1 1/8 mile turf course in 1:53.56. Eons finished third and Argonne fourth.

Stidham called the win “very satisfying because he’s there every time.”