Racing News

Indian Lake Shimmers in $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby Victory

07/24/2021

Sophomore Gelding Goes 1 ½ Miles in Front for First Stakes Win

LAUREL, MD – Gap View Stables and Jagger, Inc.’s Indian Lake, having only run twice previously on turf and never farther than a mile and 70 yards in 16 starts, conquered both the course and distance with a front-running three-quarter-length triumph over favored Experience in Saturday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby at historic Pimlico Race Course.

MJC Unveils Fall Schedule of 33 Stakes Worth $3.525 Million

07/23/2021

Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Tops Four Stakes Sept. 18
36th Annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Program Set for Oct. 23
Five Stakes Worth $450,000 Highlight Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 26-27
Christmastide Day Features Six Stakes Worth $650,000 Dec. 26
BWI Turf Cup (G3) Tops Four Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course

Trainer Sweezey Invades Pimlico Eyeing Filly Stakes Sweep

07/22/2021

Marlborough Road Looks to Rebound in $100,000 Big Dreyfus
What a Trick Aims to Keep Rolling in $100,000 Sensible Lady

LAUREL, MD – Seeking spots to run a pair of his lightly raced 3-year-old turf fillies, whose starts have been hampered by the wet Mid-Atlantic summer, trainer J. Kent Sweezey has found them on Saturday’s stakes-filled program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Field Pass Tops Trio of Graded Winners $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

07/21/2021

Headlines Four Turf Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, July 24

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass, a Grade 3 winner on both grass and synthetics, will make his eighth consecutive start against graded company and first at Pimlico Race Course in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3).

Wootton Asset Takes Aim at $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby

07/21/2021

1 ½-Mile Turf Marathon for 3-Year-Olds Saturday, July 24

LAUREL, MD – Madaket Stables’ Grade 3-placed Wootton Asset, making just his ninth career start and second this year, will go after his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Harpers First Ride Tops 24 Nominees to $100,000 Deputed Testamony

07/19/2021

Chub Wagon Heads Long List of Stakes Winners in $100,000 Alma North
Laki, Whereshetoldmetogo Among 25 Nominees to $100,000 Challedon

Wondrwherecraigis Finds Winner's Circle in Sunday Feature

07/18/2021

4-Year-Old Beats Three Stakes Winners in Stakes-Quality Allowance
Live Racing Returns Friday, July 22 with $16,420 Rainbow 6 Carryover

LAUREL, MD – Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables’ Wondrwherecraigis, coming off a subpar effort out of town last month, returned home and resumed his winning ways with a popular and impressive 5 ¾-length triumph in Sunday’s stakes-quality feature at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Severe Weather Forces Pimlico Cancellation Saturday

07/17/2021

Live Action Returns with Seven-Race Program Sunday

LAUREL, MD – A severe weather system passing through the area, producing heavy rain and multiple lighting strikes, forced the cancellation of Saturday’s live race program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Forecast to bring wind gusts up to 60 mph and quarter-size hail, the storm rolled in shortly before Saturday’s fifth race and, following a delay, the decision was made to cancel racing out of safety concerns for horses, horsemen and fans.

Stakes-Quality Feature Spices Up Sunday Card at Pimlico

07/16/2021

Kenny Had a Notion Facing Fellow Stakes Winners in Comeback

LAUREL, MD – Louis Ulman and Neil Glasser’s multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old Kenny Had a Notion, unraced in 149 days, will face older horses for the first time when he launches his comeback Sunday at Pimlico Race Course.

Trainer Brittany Russell's Progression Taking Her to Saratoga

07/15/2021

Pimlico-Based 31-Year-Old to Have First Spa String This Summer
Hello Beautiful Pointing to $100,000 Alma North July 31 at Pimlico
Live Racing Returns Friday, G3-Placed Apostle Entered Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Though only in her fourth full season of training, Brittany Russell appreciates the history behind her. Based year-round in Maryland, she currently ranks sixth in the Preakness Meet standings with 10 wins at Pimlico Race Course, the second-oldest Thoroughbred racetrack in the country.