Racing News

Harpers First Ride Returns for $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)

05/10/2021

Shares Spotlight with $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 14
Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1 Million in Purses

BALTIMORE – His owner, trainer and jockey will be different, but the scenery will be the same for Harpers First Ride when the defending champion returns to the site of his biggest victory in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at Pimlico Race Course.

Adventuring, Miss Leslie Seeks Graded Win in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/10/2021

97th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 14 Program

BALTIMORE – Godolphin homebred Adventuring, riding a two-race win streak for reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox, and BB Horses’ Miss Leslie, a local stakes winner in her only two tries around two turns, each make the jump into graded company in Friday’s $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico Race Course.

Midnight Bourbon Breezes; Asmussen 'Jazzed' for Preakness

05/10/2021

France Go de Ina Gets Acquainted with Pimlico Track
Keepmeinmind Back on Track for Saturday’s Middle Jewel
Brown Putting Risk Taking’s Disappointing Race Behind Him

Preakness Post-Position Draw

05/09/2021

BALTIMORE – The post-position draw for Preakness 146 will now be held Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. at Pimlico Race Course. It can be viewed at Facebook.com/Preakness.

France Go de Ina 'Traveled Well' for Saturday's Preakness

05/09/2021

Concert Tour Breezes 5F; Medina Spirit Open Gallops
Crowded Trade, Risk Taking Due at Pimlico Tuesday
Rombauer Exits Preakness Breeze in Good Order
Midnight Bourbon Seeking Rebound in Preakness with Good Start

BALTIMORE – Yuji Inaida’s France Go de Ina is unusually well traveled for a 3-year-old colt with a four-race career for a trainer who has never hesitated to venture away from Japan for major international stakes.

STATEMENT BY MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB

05/09/2021

“Integrity in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing is the ultimate priority for 1/ST RACING and the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC). 1/ST RACING has been an industry leader instituting processes and protocols that have led to nationwide medication reform and increased accountability. We are committed to achieving the highest level of horse care and safety standards, and we have a proven track record of pushing those standards forward.

Japan’s France Go de Ina Arrives for Preakness 146

05/08/2021

BALTIMORE – France Go de Ina arrived at Pimlico Race Course Saturday night to prepare for the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 15.

The Kentucky-bred colt, based in Japan with trainer Hideyuki Mori, will become the first horse from Japan to compete in the Preakness since Lani in 2016 and the first Japanese horse to compete in a Triple Crown race since Master Fencer ran in the 2019 Belmont (G1).

Willful Woman Makes Stakes Return in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/08/2021

G2 Winner Fearless Bound for Pimlico Special (G3) After Saturday Work
Proxy Breezes Saturday at Fair Hill, $100,000 Sir Barton Remains in Play

BALTIMORE – Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Willful Woman, a 3-year-old daughter of champion Nyquist and half-sister to Grade 3 winner Ever So Clever, will make her return to stakes company in the 97th running of the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 14 at Pimlico Race Course.

Brown Duo Breeze ‘Super’ in Company for May 15 Preakness (G1)

05/08/2021

McCarthy ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ with Rombauer’s 5F Breeze
‘All Systems Go’ for Unbridled Honor Following Half-Mile Breeze
Lukas Looking to Even Score with Baffert in Preakness
Medina Spirit, Concert Tour Have ‘Good Training Day’
Post-Position Draw for 146th Preakness (G1) Monday

Stronach 5 Rewards 46 Winners with $1,800

05/07/2021

BALTIMORE – There were 46 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each worth $1,800.80.

Friday’s wager featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.