Racing News

1/ST CONTENT renews exclusive long-term global distribution deal with Breeders’ Cup; bolsters position as racing leader for the Americas

05/29/2024

Horse racing’s “World Championships” agrees to a further three-year broadcast and fixed-odds rights extension with leading Stateside supplier, thanks to ongoing success and a growing global network of fixed-odds operators

Pimlico’s Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Returns $2,974

05/27/2024

Rodriguez, Russell Finish as Preakness Meet Top Jockey, Trainer
Live Racing Returns May 31 to Open Laurel Park Summer Meet

LAUREL, MD – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 on a special Memorial Day holiday program Monday at historic Pimlico Race Course produced multiple returns of $2,974.72 for selecting all six winners on closing day of the prestigious Preakness Meet.

Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot at $384,473 for Holiday Card

05/26/2024

Mandatory Memorial Day Payouts in Rainbow 6, Pick 5, High 5
Trainer Ramsey, Jockey Robles Earn First Maryland Wins Sunday

LAUREL, MD – Historic Pimlico Race Course will close its 11-day Preakness Meet with a special Memorial Day holiday program Monday featuring mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Jackpot Super High Five wagers.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $363,540

05/25/2024

Rominski Rolls in Stakes-Quality Allowance Feature Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Unsolved for a seventh straight racing day Saturday, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 saw its carryover jackpot jump to $363,540.61 for Sunday’s nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Post time is 12:25 p.m.

Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Reaches $342,979 for Saturday

05/24/2024

Friday’s Jackpot Super High Five Solved for $303,996 Payout

LAUREL, MD – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot climbed to $342,979.46 for Saturday’s 10-race program after going unsolved for a sixth consecutive racing day Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Post time is 12:25 p.m.

Future is Bright for Lightly Raced Filly Goodgirl Badhabits

05/23/2024

Trainer Russell: ‘No Doubt That She’s Going to be a Stakes Winner’

LAUREL, MD – Her comeback race successfully out of the way, it’s on to bigger and better things for talented but lightly raced 4-year-old filly Goodgirl Badhabits.

Owned by Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister and based at Laurel Park with leading Maryland trainer Brittany Russell, Goodgirl Badhabits kicked off Preakness weekend in style with a head-turning six-length triumph May 16 at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Big Preakness Carryovers Friday at Pimlico

05/23/2024

Racing Returns Friday with $315,625 Rainbow 6 Carryover
Jackpot Super High Five Carryover of $258,786 in Race 6

LAUREL, MD – Live racing resumes Friday to open the final weekend of the Preakness Meet at historic Pimlico Race Course with six-figure carryovers in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and $1 Jackpot Super High Five wagers.

Post time for the first of eight races is 12:25 p.m.

California Crown Dreaming for Preakness & Dinner Party Winners

05/21/2024

$7.5 Million in Bonuses for Preakness 149, California Crown and Pegasus

LAUREL, MD – While it is still four months away, the connections of Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Seize the Grey and Dinner Party (G3) winner Balnikhov are excited about the possibility of running for $7.5 million in bonus money come the Sept. 28 California Crown at Santa Anita Park.

DeVaux Earns Richest Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus

05/19/2024

First Female to Top Standings Thanks to Friday Stakes Triple

LAUREL, MD – Her first career three-win day, all in stakes, helped earn Cherie DeVaux the top prize of $50,000 in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 17 and 18, at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Lukas: Preakness Hero Seize the Grey ‘Likely’ for Belmont Stakes

05/19/2024

Preakness Runner-Up Mystik Dan Headed to Spa But No Belmont Decision

LAUREL, MD – Early Sunday morning, 11 hours after Seize the Grey delivered his Hall of Fame trainer his seventh victory in the Preakness Stakes (G1), age-defying D. Wayne Lukas, 88, was, per usual, looking ahead.