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Preakness Stakes Quotes

05/21/2022

Carotari Outclasses Field in $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint

05/21/2022

Five-Furlong Dash Marks Fifth Stakes Win for 6YO Gelding

BALTIMORE – William A. Branch’s Carotari, unraced since late December, made a triumphant return to competition with a front-running 1 ½-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Ethereal Road Takes Overland Route in $100,000 Sir Barton

05/21/2022

Lukas-Trained Colt Sweeps to 1st Stakes Win in Race for 3YOs

BALTIMORE – Aaron Sones’ Ethereal Road became a stakes winner in grand style Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course, making a bold sweeping move on the far outside to circle the field and capture the $100,000 Sir Barton by 4 ¾ lengths.

The 24th running of the 1 1/16-mile Sir Barton for 3-year-olds was the seventh of 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.75 million in purses headlined by the 147th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

No Average 'Joe' Wins $100,000 James W. Murphy

05/21/2022

Multiple Dirt-Stakes Winner Transitions to Turf

BALTIMORE – The Elkstone Group’s Maryland homebred Joe, a multiple-stakes winner on dirt, made the successful transition to the turf with a hard-fought neck victory over favored Ready to Purrform in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Lightening Larry Strikes in $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) Upset

05/21/2022

First Graded-Stakes Victory for 3-Year-Old Florida-Bred Colt

BALTIMORE – Lea Farms’ Lightening Larry, racing for the first time outside of Florida, took to the heat on a steamy day at historic Pimlico Race Course and struck for a 12-1 upset of Saturday’s $200,000 Chick Lang (G3), his first graded-stakes victory.

Joy’s Rocket Fires Big in Impressive $100,000 Skipat Victory

05/21/2022

Rosario, Asmussen Team Up for Second Win on Preakness Card

BALTIMORE – Team Hanley and Parkland Thoroughbreds’ Joy’s Rocket, winless in her previous eight starts that included four second-place finishes, looked like a winner all the way around historic Pimlico Race Course Saturday during a dominant 4 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat.

Technical Analysis Proves Best in $150,000 Gallorette (G3)

05/21/2022

4-Year-Old Filly Registers Popular Gate-to-Wire Triumph

BALTIMORE – Klaravich Stable, Inc.’s Technical Analysis looked right at home in her first visit to historic Pimlico Race Course, notching her third graded-stakes score with a popular front-running triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Gallorette (G3).

Jaxon Traveler Goes Distance in $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)

05/21/2022

Captures 6-Furlong Dash to Open Preakness Day Stakes Program

BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s Jaxon Traveler, second to his stablemate over the same course last year, turned away all comers Saturday to register his first graded-stakes victory in the $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Smooth Ride for Interstatedaydream in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/20/2022

98th Edition of Prestigious 1 1/8-Mile Race for 3-Year-Old Fillies

BALTIMORE – Jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Brad Cox, teaming up for the third consecutive year, registered their first victory in the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) when Flurry Racing Stables’ Interstatedaydream passed tiring pacesetter Beguine at the top of the stretch and drew clear through the lane for a 1 ¼-length triumph Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

First Captain Up in Time in $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)

05/20/2022

Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Precedes Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing’s First Captain came with a steady run down the center of the track and stuck his head out at the wire to edge favored Vindictive in a thrilling edition of the historic $300,000 Pimlico Special Friday at Pimlico Race Course.