Racing News

Saturday’s Chick Lang (G3) Would Make Race Namesake Proud

05/18/2023

Multiple Graded Winner Havnameltdown Tops Solid Field of Seven

BALTIMORE – Chick Lang would have loved the 48th running of the stakes bearing his name on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Godolphin: Been There, Done That

05/18/2023

Seventeen Years Ago with Bernardini, Now First Mission

BALTIMORE -- The Godolphin team had Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes in mind when they nominated First Mission to the Triple Crown. To put that bit of handicapping in perspective, the decision to make First Mission eligible to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for the $600 early nomination fee was made right at the Jan. 28 deadline. The colt was still three weeks away from making his debut on Feb. 18 - and the Preakness was only two months after that.

Mage Owner Norma Barnes-Euresti: ‘My Heart Was So Full’

05/18/2023

Childhood Dream Fulfilled by Mage’s Kentucky Derby Victory
Chenery ‘Gave a Little Girl a Dream’

BALTIMORE – Fifty years and a day after the start of a lifetime of intense love of horses and racing Norma Barnes-Euresti found herself at the center of a memorable few minutes on the track at Churchill Downs May 6.

2023 Preakness Stakes - Still Photographers Meeting

05/18/2023

Rules and Marking Meeting
9:30 a.m.
Friday, May 19, 2023
Pimlico Race Course - Trackside Winner's Circle

BALTIMORE - There will be a meeting at 9:30 am on Friday, May 19 for still photographers covering the 2023 Preakness Stakes on May 20 and/or Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on May 19. The meeting will occur in the Trackside Winner's Circle at Pimlico Race Course

Mage Caught ‘Showing Off’ Following Morning Gallop

05/17/2023

Cox: First Mission ‘Had a Great Morning’
Baffert Trying Different Formula for Success in Preakness
Blazing Sevens Putting Smiles on Connections’ Faces
Winchell Taking ‘Route’ to Triple Crown Success

Remembering Master Derby: ‘I Was On the Horse That Captured the Day’

05/17/2023

Hall of Fame Jockey McHargue Rode Colt to Biggest Upset in Preakness History

BALTIMORE – Unlike its Triple Crown counterparts, which each boast record win prices well into triple digits, the Preakness Stakes (G1) has historically been a race run true to form. In its first 147 years, including being split into two divisions in 1918, the Preakness has been won 73 times by favorites.

Circling the Drain Trying Turf in $100,000 James Murphy

05/17/2023

That’s Right Ready to Roll in $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint

BALTIMORE – Stakes-placed Circling the Drain, worse than third just once in six dirt tries, will shorten up and switch surfaces as he makes his turf debut in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Cricket Goodall Named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 148

05/16/2023

To Be Recognized Thursday, May 18 During Alibi Breakfast

BALTIMORE – Cricket Goodall, executive director of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA), has been named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 148.

Mage Responding to trainer Gustavo Delgado’s Program

05/16/2023

Cox Expects First Mission to ‘Take a Step Forward’
Blazing Sevens in Good Hands Preakness Week
National Treasure’s Post 1 Brings Back Pleasant Memories

Fillies and Mares Seek to Make the Grade in G3 Gallorette

05/16/2023

Trainer Motion to Saddle Three Starters

BALTIMORE – It’s not for lack of trying that none of the seven fillies and mares expected to contest Saturday’s $100,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course has ever won a graded stakes race on U.S. sod.

They’ve all experienced their share of success, just not in graded company.

For one, that drought will end in the 1 1/16-mile turf stakes, which will be run for the 72nd time.