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 […]
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 […]
Gun Song Fires Big in $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Triumph
Fifth Win in Pimlico’s Premiere 3YO Filly Race for Jockey VelazquezMilestone 100th Running Capped Stakes-Filled Day on Preakness Eve LAUREL, MD – Her connections thought enough of Gun Song to make the 3-year-old filly an early nomination to the 2024 Triple Crown. Though those dreams never materialized, the chestnut daughter of newly elected Hall of […]
Historic Black-Eyed Susan Day Sets Handle Record
LAUREL, MD – The 100th edition of the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course Friday produced a record total handle of $28.4 million. The Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies, one of six stakes worth $1 million in purses on the afternoon, was won by R. Lee Lewis’ Gun Song, trained by Mark Hennig […]
Pyrenees Thrilling Winner of $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Historic 1 3/16-Mile Event Preceded 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2)Third Stakes Win of Day for Trainer Cherie DeVaux LAUREL, MD – Blue Heaven Farm’s Pyrenees, taking a three-race win streak into his stakes debut, made it four in a row by running down favored Kingsbarns in deep stretch and going on for a thrilling three-quarter-length triumph […]
Mystic Lake Pours it On in Miss Preakness (G3) Victory
South Florida Shipper Sprints to Decisive 4 ½-Length Win LAUREL, MD – C2 Racing Stable and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake, already a two-time stakes winner, earned her first graded credentials with an impressive front-running 4 ½-length victory in Friday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 39th running of the six-furlong Miss […]