Train to Artemus Chugs Home First in $100,000 The Very One

Second Career Stakes Win for 5-Year-Old Ex-Claimer in Turf Sprint BALTIMORE – M and W Stables’ Train to Artemus split horses at the top of the stretch and surged past pacesetting Spicy Marg to register her second career stakes victory in Friday’s $100,000 The Very One at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 24th running of […]

Interstatedaydream Makes Triumphant Return in Allaire du Pont

2022 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Winner Kicks Off Friday Stakes Program BALTIMORE – Flurry Racing Stables’ multiple graded-stakes winner Interstatedaydream held off pesky long shot Misty Veil through the length of the stretch and edged clear late for a popular half-length victory in the $100,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course. The […]

Old Friends for Life Benefit at Preakness 148

Race 2 Winner Saturday Offered Lifetime Retirement BALTIMORE – A home for life. That’s what the winner of Race 2 Saturday at Pimlico Race Course will earn. Saturday’s program, highlighted by the 148th running of the Preakness (G1), will give the winner of the 1 1/16-mile event an automatic retirement to Old Friends in Georgetown, […]

Baffert Makes Triple Crown Return in Preakness 148

Hall of Fame Trainer Chasing Record with National Treasure BALTIMORE – In his first visit to Pimlico Race Course in almost three years, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Friday it was hard to predict whether his Preakness Stakes (G1) starter National Treasure could deliver a record-breaking eighth win in the Middle Jewel of […]

Three Colts Have Chance to Make ‘Magic’ in Preakness 148

Mage, Blazing Sevens, Perform All Sons of Good Magic BALTIMORE — There is one horse that stands above all the others in Saturday’s 148th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Of course, the easiest of answers is Mage, the Kentucky Derby(G1) winner, who is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Middle […]

Arabian Lion Heavily Favored for Sir Barton

BALTIMORE – For Zedan Racing’s Arabian Lion, the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes on Saturday is a chance to prove that he is a player to be reckoned with in stakes competition. After a frustrating second in the April 15 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is trying him again at 1 […]

After Eight After Victory in $100,000 Old Hilltop

BALTIMORE – From the start, trainer Arnaud Delacour thought good things were ahead for a filly named After Eight. “I have always been very high on her,” Delacour said. It’s just that, initially, he didn’t anticipate After Eight would become a player on the grass. That’s the game plan for Friday when the lightly raced […]

Mage Makes J.J. Delgado Feel Like a Winner

Cox Counting on Saez to Show First Mission the Way Blazing Sevens, Early Voting, Cloud Computing Same but Different McGaughey Hoping for Better ‘Perform’-ance in Preakness Baffert on National Treasure: ‘Talent is There’ Videos at Preakness.Isctv.com Interview Shug McGaughey (Perform) Training: Mage, First Mission, National Treasure, Red Route One BALTIMORE – J.J. Delgado rode in […]

Saturday’s Chick Lang (G3) Would Make Race Namesake Proud

Multiple Graded Winner Havnameltdown Tops Solid Field of Seven BALTIMORE – Chick Lang would have loved the 48th running of the stakes bearing his name on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) program at historic Pimlico Race Course. The $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) presented by Case Tractor is named for one of racing’s great track executives, characters […]

Godolphin: Been There, Done That

Seventeen Years Ago with Bernardini, Now First Mission BALTIMORE — The Godolphin team had Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes in mind when they nominated First Mission to the Triple Crown. To put that bit of handicapping in perspective, the decision to make First Mission eligible to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for the $600 […]