Racing News

Blinkers On for Whocouldaskformo in Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/16/2024

Prevalence Looking to Maintain Momentum in Maryland Sprint (G3)
Advance Wagering Friday on Saturday’s Entire Preakness Day Car

LAUREL, MD – Following off the board finishes in back-to-back graded-stakes, Courtlandt Farms’ Whocouldaskformo will have a change of equipment when she returns in Friday’s $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

McPeek ‘Going to Enjoy’ Mystik Dan’s Preakness Run Saturday

05/16/2024

McPeek, Lukas Entertain at Thursday’s Alibi Breakfast
Baffert: Imagination ‘Will Be Tough’ in $2 Million Preakness
Cox Seeks Career Triple Crown Sweep in 149th Preakness

LAUREL, MD – Trainer Kenny McPeek, separated from his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner for all of four days, liked what he saw Thursday morning in Mystik Dan, who has inherited the mantle of favorite for Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) upon Wednesday’s scratch of Muth.

Jockey Great Frankie Dettori Seeks first Triple Crown Win in Preakness

05/16/2024

Dettori Set to Ride Imagination in $2 Million Middle Jewel on Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Legendary jockey Frankie Dettori, who has excelled on the international stage while also winning 15 Breeders’ Cup races in the U.S., longs to add another notable triumph to his impressive riding resume: a win in a Triple Crown event.

The 53-year-old reinsman figures to have his best shot at doing just that Saturday when he rides Imagination in the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico.

Starlight’s Wolf Hoping to See Colors in Preakness Infield

05/16/2024

Imagination to Wear Co-Owner’s Silks in Saturday’s Middle Jewel

LAUREL, MD – Though his two visits to the winner’s circle after the Preakness Stakes (G1) were exciting and mighty satisfying, Jack Wolf said there will be an extra bonus if Imagination is able to get to the wire first on Saturday.

It’s personal. Something that most people might miss: an immediate artwork update of the winner’s silks on the infield cupola weathervane, a Preakness tradition since 1909.

Mystik Dan Revised Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s Preakness

05/16/2024

Kentucky Derby Winner Set at 8-5 for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown

LAUREL, MD – Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Mystik Dan has been installed as the 8-5 favorite on the revised morning line for Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

2024 Preakness Stakes Still Photographers Meeting

05/16/2024

Rules and Marking Meeting
9:30 a.m. - Friday, May 17, 2024
Pimlico Race Course - Trackside Winner's Circle

LAUREL, MD - There will be a meeting at 9:30 am on Friday, May 17 for still photographers covering the 2024 Preakness Stakes on May 18 and/or Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on May 17. The meeting will occur in the Trackside Winner's Circle at Pimlico Race Course

Family Ties Link Maryland’s Shaffer to First Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Winner

05/16/2024

Great-Grandfather Guy Bedwell Trained 1919 Pimlico Oaks Heroine Milkmaid

Corporate Power Takes Aim at Top Prize in $100,000 Sir Barton

05/15/2024

Courtlandt Farm’s Son of Hall of Famer Curlin Heads Field of 10

LAUREL, MD – Wearing blinkers for the first time, Courtlandt Farm’s Corporate Power will make his stakes debut Saturday as the morning-line favorite in the $100,000 Sir Barton sponsored by Brandon and Diannah Perry to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Kentucky Derby Hero Mystik Dan Now Likely Favorite for Preakness 149

05/15/2024

Muth Scratched from Middle Jewel of Triple Crown Due to Temperature
Cox Happier with Decision to Enter Catching Freedom in Preakness
Tuscan Gold ‘Really Happy’ While Training for Saturday’s Preakness

LAUREL, MD – Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is expected to become the betting favorite for Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course with morning-line choice Muth’s withdrawal Wednesday morning after developing a temperature.

Brittany Russell Looking Forward to Busy Preakness Weekend

05/15/2024

Leading Trainer Entered in 18 of 28 Races Including Eight of 15 Stakes
Preakness Meet Resumes with Live Eight-Race Program Friday

LAUREL, MD – Over the first four days of historic Pimlico Race Course’s Preakness Meet, which opened last weekend, trainer Brittany Russell started six horses. Three of them won, including a Mother’s Day double for the mom of two, tying her for the lead at the boutique 11-day stand.