Racing News

Live Racing Returns to Laurel Thursday for Fall Meet Opener

10/07/2020
Friday Card Features Five $75,000 Turf Stakes for Virginia-Breds
35th Jim McKay Maryland Million Program Set for Saturday, Oct. 24
Allaire duPont (G3) Among 35 Stakes Worth $3.23 Million in Purses
Preakness Leaders McCarthy, Gonzalez Out to Defend Meet Titles
 

Mike Maker Captures Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus

10/06/2020
BALTIMORE – Mike Maker edged defending champion Brad Cox and two-time winner Steve Asmussen to claim the top prize in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 Sentient Jet Trainer Bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, Oct. 1-3, at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Swiss Skydiver Upsets Authentic in Saturday’s 145th Preakness

10/03/2020
Filly Beats Boys with Second-Fastest Clocking in Preakness History
Becomes Only 6th Filly to Win Pimlico’s Historic Race
 
BALTIMORE – Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver prevailed over Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic in a thrilling stretch duel to capture Saturday’s 145th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico, becoming the sixth filly to win the 1 3/16-mile classic for 3-year-olds.
 

145th Preakness Stakes Media Conference

10/03/2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ken McPeek
Robby Albarado
Media Conference
 
 

145th Preakness Quotes

10/03/2020
Winning Trainer Kenny McPeek (Swiss Skydiver) – (From NBC Broadcast) “I’m just proud of Robby. We had to call him in at the last minute. He did a great job. I’m really proud of him, her, [owner] Peter Callahan – I wish he was here. This is just a real honor to be around a horse like this. This is a special moment.”
 

Don Juan Kitten By a Whisker $100,000 James W. Murphy

10/03/2020
Edges G3 Winner Bye Bye Melvin for First Career Stakes Win
 
BALTIMORE – Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Don Juan Kitten, beaten a head by Bye Bye Melvin in their previous meeting, avenged the loss and got the best of his rival by a nose on the wire Saturday in the $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Catman Claws to Victory in $150,000 Laurel Futurity

10/03/2020
2-Year-old Breaks Maiden in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Stakes
 
BALTIMORE – Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s Catman graduated in style Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, taking the lead nearing the wire and tenaciously holding on by a nose over Wootton Asset in the $150,000 Laurel Futurity.
 

Laki Makes the Grade in $250,000 Frank De Francis Dash

10/03/2020
Sprinter Gives Trainer Dilodovico First Career Graded Win
 
BALTIMORE – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki, winner of at least one stakes each of the past four years, added a graded triumph to his resume by getting his nose down on the wire in a three-way photo finish Saturday in the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Factor This Feasts on Competition in $250,000 Dinner Party

10/03/2020
Second Stakes Win of Day for Jockey-Trainer Team of Geroux-Cox
 
BALTIMORE – Jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Brad Cox teamed up for their second stakes win of the afternoon when Gaining Ground Racing’s Factor This cruised to a popular front-running 2 ¾-length score in Saturday’s $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Wicked Whisper Makes Some Noise in $150,000 Miss Preakness

10/03/2020
G1 Winner Splits Horses in Mid-Stretch for One-Length Victory
 
BALTIMORE – Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper, making just her third start of the year, split horses in mid-stretch and went on to earn her first victory in nearly a year in Saturday’s $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.