Seize the Grey Steals the Day for Lukas in 149th Preakness Stakes
Longshot Gives 88-Year-Old Trainer Seventh Preakness Win LAUREL, MD – MyRacehorse’s Seize the Grey stole the day for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, delivering a seventh career Preakness Stakes (G1) for the 88-year-old trainer. “It doesn’t get old. It’s still the same. In 1980, I had the first […]
149th Preakness Stakes Media Conference
Saturday, May 18, 2024Baltimore, Maryland, USAPimlico Race Course D. Wayne LukasJaime TorresMichael 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. […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. The 37th running of the […]
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. The 73rd running of the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette […]
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 […]