Apprentice J.G. Torrealba Earns First Career Riding Title
Kieron Magee Repeats as Laurel’s Spring Meet Leading TrainerLive Racing Shifts Thursday to Pimlico for Preakness Meet LAUREL, MD – Veteran trainer Kieron Magee defended his crown while five-pound apprentice J.G. Torrealba, riding in his first full meet in Maryland, won twice on Sunday’s closing day card to capture his first career riding title Sunday […]
Kentucky Derby Hero Mystik Dan Will Decide His Preakness Future
Baffert Confirms Muth, Imagination for Triple Crown’s Middle JewelLukas ‘Strongly’ Considering Seize the Gray for PreaknessBrown Will Look at the Preakness for Tuscan Gold LAUREL, MD – Trainer Kenny McPeek said Sunday morning that the ultimate decision on running Mystik Dan in the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) May 18 at Pimlico Race Course depends on […]
Preakness Weekend Offers Horsemen Bonuses and Qualifiers
LAUREL, MD – Horsemen will be offered $7.5 million in bonus opportunities as well as two qualifiers for races at Newmarket and Deauville come Preakness Day May 18 at legendary Pimlico Race Course. $5 Million Preakness, California Crown, Pegasus Bonus$2.5 Million Dinner Party, John Henry, Pegasus Turf BonusQualifiers for Newmarket & Deauville, Trainer Bonuses15 Stakes, […]
$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes
Total of 16 Stakes, Nine Graded, Worth $4.4 Million May 17 & 18149th Preakness (G1) May 18, 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 17Preakness Weekend Stakes Nominations Close Tuesday, May 7 LAUREL, MD – For an eighth straight year, the Maryland Jockey Club is offering bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of […]
Champion Jockey Wes Hamilton Back Home in Maryland
25YO Won Eclipse Award as Country’s Top Apprentice in 2018First 2YO Races, Kentucky Derby Party Highlight Closing Weekend LAUREL, MD – Six years after gaining national attention as an Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, jockey Weston Hamilton is back in Maryland to begin the latest chapter of his riding career. Hamilton, 25, made his return on the […]
DRF’s Illman to Receive Old Hilltop Award at Pimlico
To Be Recognized at Alibi Breakfast Thursday, May 16 LAUREL, MD – Dan Illman, longtime handicapper and writer for the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and executive producer for DRF’s video productions, has been named recipient of the 2024 Old Hilltop Award for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction. Illman will be presented with the […]
Jockey Jevian Toledo Sidelined with Collarbone Injury
Meet Leading Rider, Apprentice J.G. Torrealba Returns Friday LAUREL, MD – Champion jockey Jevian Toledo is expected to be out of action until late June after having minor surgery to repair his collarbone, while spring meet leading rider J.G. Torrealba will return to action Friday, five days after they were involved in a spill at […]
Muth Favored Over Fierceness and Sierra Leone in Preakness Future Wager
Final Preakness Pool Opens April 26 and Runs to May 4 at 6 P.M. LAUREL, MD – Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone will open as the second and third choices respectively in the Preakness Future Wager when the final pool opens Friday, April 26. Fierceness, who won the Florida Derby (G1) by […]
Preakness ‘A Consideration’ for Multiple Stakes Winner Copper Tax
3YO Colt Earned Automatic Berth for Victory in April 20 Federico Tesio LAUREL, MD – The 149th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, will be part of the conversation when the connections of $125,000 Federico Tesio winner Copper Tax discuss future plans for the multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old. Rose Petal Stable’s Copper Tax […]
Copper Tax Gets Job Done Again in $125,000 Federico Tesio
Edges Pacesetting Speedyness in Laurel Park’s Preakness (G1) Prep LAUREL, MD – It took the length of the stretch, but Rose Petal Stable’s multiple stakes winner Copper Tax came with a steady run down the center of the track to reel in stubborn pacesetter Speedyness and edge clear by three-quarters of a length in Saturday’s […]
