Albarado Gallops Kentucky Derby Hero Mystik Dan Thursday
Two-Time Preakness-Winning Jockey Answers McPeek’s CallBrown to Seek Third Preakness Success with Tuscan GoldCatching Freedom Under Consideration for May 18 Middle JewelUncle Heavy Confirmed for Start in Preakness StakesRosario Has Mount on Just Steel; Jaime Torres on Seize the Grey LAUREL, MD – With two-time Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Robby Albarado aboard, Kentucky Derby (G1) […]
Trio of Grade 1 Winners Top $500,000 Dinner Party (G3) Nominations
Among 8 Stakes, 4 Graded, Worth $1.3 Million on Preakness UndercardDinner Party Part of $2.5 Million Bonus$100,000 Gallorette (G3) Winner Gets Berth in G1 Stakes at Deauville$100,000 Jim McKay Winner Earns Entry to G1 Stakes at Newmarket LAUREL, MD – Grade 1 winners Adhamo, Atone and Highland Chief and five-time graded-stakes winner Emmanuel are among […]
Hillwood Stable’s Ellen Charles to Receive Special Award of Merit
Longtime Owner to be Recognized at Alibi Breakfast May 16 at Pimlico LAUREL, MD – Longtime horsewoman and lifetime philanthropist Ellen Charles, who has bred or owned some of Maryland’s most popular and successful horses of recent years, will be recognized with the Special Award of Merit May 16 during the Alibi Breakfast at historic […]
$300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Draws 30 Nominees for 100th Renewal
Headlines May 17 Program of Six Stakes, Three Graded, Worth $1 Million LAUREL, MD – Kentucky Oaks (G1) heroine Thorpedo Anna, fellow graded-stakes winners Lemon Muffin, Manama Gold and My Mane Squeeze, and local stakes winners Call Another Play and Miss Harriett head a list of 30 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $300,000 George E. […]
Derby Hero Mystik Dan Returns to Track with Preakness on Radar (video)
Trainer Kenny McPeek: ‘At This Stage, I Like What I See’Mugatu Seeks to Pay Huge Dividends on Modest Investment in PreaknessMay 18 Preakness Not Ruled Out for Tesio Winner Copper TaxWithers Winner Uncle Heavy Confirmed for Middle Jewel of Triple Crown LAUREL, MD – Mystik Dan went back to the racetrack at Churchill Downs Wednesday […]
Maryland Racing Returns to Historic Pimlico Race Course
Preakness Meet at Pimlico Opens Thursday for 11-Day Stand149th Preakness Stakes (G1) Set for Saturday, May 18100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2), Pimlico Special (G3) Friday, May 17$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes LAUREL, MD – Live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 11-day Preakness Meet, highlighted by […]
Derby Winner Mystik Dan Set to Resume Training Wednesday
Mugatu Confirmed for Start in Middle Jewel of the Triple CrownLukas Returns for Preakness Weekend After Rare Year OffMuth, Imagination Will Tune Up for G1 Preakness on Weekend LAUREL, MD – Mystik Dan, who had another easy day walking around the shedrow Tuesday, is scheduled to resume training at Churchill Downs Wednesday morning four days […]
MJC ‘Encouraged’ By Horsemen Response to Preakness Weekend
15 Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $4.3 Million in Purses May 17 & 18$5 Million Preakness (G1), California Crown (G1), Pegasus (G1) Bonus$2.5 Million Dinner Party (G3), John Henry (G2), Pegasus Turf (G1) BonusQualifiers for G1 Stakes at Newmarket & Deauville, Trainer Bonuses LAUREL, MD – An action-packed weekend of racing is shaping up at historic […]
Beverly Strauss Named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 149
To be Recognized Thursday, May 16 During Legendary Alibi Breakfast LAUREL, MD – Beverly Strauss, co-founder and executive director of Chesapeake City, Md.-based MidAtlantic Horse Rescue, has been named Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 149. A licensed Thoroughbred trainer with more than 50 years of experience around horses, Strauss will be recognized during the Alibi Breakfast […]
McPeek More ‘Encouraged’ Mystik Dan Could Run in Preakness
Lukas to Double Up in Preakness with Just Steel and Seize the Grey LAUREL, MD – While saying that a decision might not be made until entries are taken for the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 13, trainer Kenny McPeek sounded more optimistic Monday that his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan […]
