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149th PREAKNESS STAKES (G1) QUOTES

Winning Trainer D. Wayne Lukas (Seize the Grey): “I thought when he was cruising down the backside, I turned to my wife and said, ‘I think we’re home free.’ He was running over that ground so easy. I didn’t know how he’d handle (the track)

“It doesn’t get old. It’s still the same. In 1980 I had the first one here I ever ran, and it still feels the same.

149th Preakness Stakes Media Conference

Saturday, May 18, 2024
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pimlico Race Course

D. Wayne Lukas
Jaime Torres
Michael Behrens

Media Conference

SAMANTHA PERRY: We're going to go ahead and get started. If everybody can just get settled for just a moment.

We'll go ahead and get started. First, please direct the questions to me and who you want it directed to. I'll open the floor.

Balnikhov Goes Last to First in $500,000 Dinner Party (G3)

First Graded Win at Pimlico for International Riding Star Dettori

LAUREL, MD – Little Red Feather, Madaket Stables and Old Bones Racing Stable’s Balnikhov, who trailed the field in the early going, wrested a lead from Running Bee in mid-stretch and went on to register a 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Dinner Party (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Grooms All Bizness Comeback Winner of Jim McKay Turf Sprint

Five-Furlong Dash Marked First Race in Nine Months for New Gelding

LAUREL, MD – Colts Neck Stables’ Grooms All Bizness, racing for the first time in nine months and as a gelding, powered through the stretch on the far outside to catch multiple-stakes winner Witty and edge clear by 1 ½ lengths in the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Photo Finish Goes to Corporate Power in $100,000 Sir Barton

Edges Gould’s Gold by Nose in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes for 3-Year-Olds

BALTIMORE – Courtlandt Farm’s Corporate Power, making just his fourth start and first in stakes company, got his nose down on the wire and emerged from a three-way photo finish a thrilling winner of Saturday’s $100,00 Sir Barton sponsored by Brandon and Diannah Perry to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Fulmineo Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 James W. Murphy

Grade 2-Placed Colt Surges Late in Mile Turf Stakes for 3-Year-Olds

LAUREL, MD – Starlight Racing and Mark Grier’s Fulmineo, racing for the second straight time in his home state, came with a steady run on the outside through the stretch and earned his first career stakes win in Saturday’s $100,000 James W. Murphy at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Super Chow Regains Winning Form in Maryland Sprint (G3)

Third Graded-Stakes Win in Last Four Starts for 4-Year-Old Colt

LAUREL, MD – Lea Farms’ Super Chow, who had a two-race win streak snapped in his prior start, resumed his winning ways Saturday with a front-running 1 ¾-length score in the $100,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Fluffy Socks Comfortable Winner of $100,000 Gallorette (G3)

Millionaire Snaps 7-Race Losing Streak, Earns Trip to French G1

LAUREL, MD – Head of Plains Partners’ millionaire mare Fluffy Socks, already a three-time graded-stakes winner, added a fourth in dominant fashion to snap her seven-race losing in Saturday’s $100,000 Gallorette (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Frost Free Makes the Grade in $200,000 Chick Lang (G3)

Midwest Shipper Earns First Stakes Victory in Fifth Attempt

LAUREL, MD – Keene Thoroughbreds’ Frost Free, stakes-placed in back-to-back starts, broke running and never looked back to break through with a 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

The 48th running of the six-furlong Chick Lang for 3-year-olds was the second of nine stakes, five graded, worth $3.3 million in purses headlined by the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Apple Picker Bounces Back in $100,000 Skipat Victory

4YO Filly Up in Time to Open Preakness Day Stakes Program

LAUREL, MD – Racing over an off track for the first time didn’t faze Michael Dubb’s Grade 3 heroine Apple Picker, who splashed home a 1 ¾-length winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat to kick off the stakes portion of Preakness Day at historic Pimlico Race Course.