Racing News

The Stars Align for Tom Drury at Preakness 145

10/02/2020
After 30 Years in the Trenches, Art Collector’s Trainer in Triple Crown
 
BALTIMORE - Tommy Drury Jr. had never won a graded stake until Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector captured Keeneland’s Toyota Blue Grass (G2) less than three months ago. But he’d certainly played a role in the training process for a lot of graded-stakes winners.
 

Yaupon Ties Stakes Record in $200,000 Chick Lang Victory

10/01/2020
Undefeated Colt Matches Fastest Time in Six-Furlong Sophomore Sprint
 
BALTIMORE – L. William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Yaupon kept his perfect record intact in impressive fashion Thursday, streaking to a stakes-record four-length triumph in the $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Saez Gets Fast Start with Hollis in $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint

10/01/2020
A Great Time Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 The Very One
 
BALTIMORE – Jockey Gabriel Saez, who will ride Mr. Big News in the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, got Preakness weekend off to a thrilling start by guiding WSS Racing and 4G Racing’s Hollis to a front-running neck victory in Thursday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Baffert Seeking Finger-Licking Good 8th Preakness Win

10/01/2020
Marylander Annie Finney Having Fun on Art Collector
Calhoun Finds a Silver Lining with Mr. Big News
 
BALTIMORE – After his Preakness (G1) horses went to the track at Pimlico Race Course for their exercise Thursday morning, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert joked about the schedule for the days ahead.
 
“We gallop tomorrow and then we start fretting,” he said with a chuckle, emphasizing the last word as “fret-innn.”

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Lunsford Gets First Preakness Starter in Art Collector

10/01/2020
Rated Second Behind Morning-Line Favorite Authentic 
 
LOUISVILLE — Bruce Lunsford, who will have his first Preakness Stakes (G1) entrant when Art Collector takes on Kentucky Derby winner Authentic Saturday at Pimlico, knows something about tough races and taking on formidable opponents.
 
After all, as the Democratic nominee for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat in 2008, he gave Mitch McConnell the closest call of the Senate Majority Leader’s long political career. 

Motion Hoping for $150,000 Selima Repeat with Invincible Gal

10/01/2020
Kidnapped Looks to Escape with $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory
 
BALTIMORE – A year after sending out Sharing to victory as a prelude to her upset triumph in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), trainer Graham Motion brings another promising 2-year-old in Invincible Gal for Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Monday Morning Qb Debuts on Turf in $100,000 James Murphy

10/01/2020
Undefeated Fillies Caravel, Princess Grace Tangle in $100,000 Hilltop
 
BALTIMORE – Cash is King and LC Racing’s stakes winner Monday Morning Qb, at one time under consideration for the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1), will instead make his turf debut Saturday in the $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course.
 

$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Competitive Fields in Friday's Stronach 5

10/01/2020
Races from Pimlico, Santa Anita and Golden Gate, Three on Turf
 
BALTIMORE – Turf races from Pimlico Race Course and Santa Anita Park and a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout highlight Friday’s popular Stronach 5.
 

Authentic 'Full of Himself' at Pimlico Wednesday Morning

09/30/2020
Swiss Skydiver’s Connections Looking for Big Prize Saturday
Mr. Big News ‘Bouncing and Happy’ for Preakness Stakes
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BALTIMORE – As he has done for so many years, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert held court outside the Pimlico Stakes Barn Wednesday morning after his Preakness horses had come back from the track.
 

Doctor Mounty Paying House Call in $250,000 Dinner Party

09/30/2020
119th Year for Saturday, Oct. 3 Turf Stakes, Oldest Stakes Race at Pimlico
 
BALTIMORE – Already a four-time winner of the race, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will go after No. 5 with Maryland-loving multiple graded-stakes winner Doctor Mounty in the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.