Racing News

Motion Back to Defend Title Saturday in $150,000 Gallorette (G3)

05/17/2022

Maryland Trainer Seeking Fourth Victory in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Stakes

BALTIMORE – Preakness weekend is when trainer Graham Motion really wants to come out and play. The 57-year-old native of Cambridge, United Kingdom, is always hopeful at this time of year because historic Pimlico Race Course is home for him and, with all eyes of the Thoroughbred world on Old Hilltop, Motion wants his horses to impress.

Mr Phil, Jaxon Traveler Meet Again in $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)

05/17/2022

Street Lute Chasing Ninth Career Stakes Victory in $100,000 Skipat

BALTIMORE – In 30 career starts, Mr Phil has won seven times but never run in a stakes race. Jaxon Traveler, meanwhile, has run half as many times and won three stakes, also having placed in graded-stakes on both dirt and turf.

Four weeks after Mr Phil got the best of Jaxon Traveler in a six-furlong optional claiming allowance at Aqueduct, the two speedsters will tangle again in Saturday’s $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.

Epicenter Favored at 6-5 in Preakness Morning Line

05/16/2022

Asmussen: Post #8 ‘Ideal’ for Derby Runner-up
Oaks Winner Secret Oath Arrives at Pimlico Monday

BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Epicenter was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 147 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course following Monday’s post-position draw for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Tango Tango Tango Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Dinner Party (G2)

05/16/2022

Among 10 Stakes, Six Graded, Worth $2.75 Million on Preakness Day Program

Luna Belle Facing Biggest Test in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/16/2022

98th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 20 Program
13-Horse Field is Largest for Race in Nearly Three Decades

BALTIMORE – Undefeated through four starts this year and a winner of five consecutive stakes dating back before Christmas, Luna Belle will be tested like never before facing 10 shippers among the largest field in nearly three decades for Friday’s $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Epicenter Breezes for Saturday’s 147 Preakness

05/16/2022

Oaks Winner Secret Oath, Lukas Enroute to Pimlico
Fenwick Last-Minute Entry for Preakness

BALTIMORE – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, the Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and expected favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), breezed an easy half-mile in 50 2/5 seconds early Monday morning at Churchill Downs, a textbook workout for a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days before a race.

Un Ojo Out of Preakness

05/16/2022

BALTIMORE - Un Ojo will not enter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) after the foot bruise that kept the one-eyed gelding out of the Kentucky Derby flared back up.

“This morning his foot was a little warm again,” Louisiana-based trainer Ricky Courville said Monday morning by phone. “The vets went over him, and he’s not 100 percent. I’m dealing with the same thing. I guess the work kind of re-aggravated it.”

Exotic West Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3)

05/15/2022

Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1.05 Million in Purses May 20

BALTIMORE – Well-traveled Exotic West, who has found success going two turns on dirt, will make her graded-stakes debut at historic Pimlico Race Course in Friday’s $150,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff (G3).

Pizza Bianca Looks to Return to Winning Ways in $100,000 Hilltop

05/15/2022

Evenly-Matched Field of 11 to Contest $100,000 The Very One

BALTIMORE – Bobby Flay’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf (G1) winner from last year Pizza Bianca will headline the 50th running of the one-mile $100,000 Hilltop Stakes Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Wesley Ward Aims for Second Straight Win in Miss Preakness (G3)

05/15/2022

Happy Soul Faces Seven Rivals in $150,000 Dash for 3-Year-Old Fillies

BALTIMORE – Trainer Wesley Ward won last year’s Miss Preakness (G3) with a blossoming filly that was light on credentials, Red Ghost. He’s hoping to win the race a second straight year with another – Gayla Rankin’s Happy Soul – that brings a more imposing resume.