Racing News

Epicenter Only ‘Beginning’ His Career in Preakness

05/17/2022

Oaks Winner Secret Oaks ‘Breaks Their Hearts’
Early Voting Set for Tuesday Afternoon Arrival
Video: Lukas, Brown Joseph

LAUREL, MD – Saturday’s 147th Preakness Stakes (G1) will be Epicenter’s eighth career start, but Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen views the first seven races as just a warm up for the 6-5 morning-line favorite.

Ethereal Road Using $100,000 Sir Barton as Springboard to Belmont (G1)

05/17/2022

Ten 3-Year-Olds Seek First Stakes Victory in 24th Running of 1 1/16M Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas isn’t afraid to swing for the fences. But he also knows sometimes it’s best to take the base on balls when presented the opportunity.

Motion Back to Defend Title Saturday in $150,000 Gallorette (G3)

05/17/2022

Maryland Trainer Seeking Fourth Victory in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Preakness weekend is when trainer Graham Motion really wants to come out and play. The 57-year-old native of Cambridge, United Kingdom, is always hopeful at this time of year because historic Pimlico Race Course is home for him and, with all eyes of the Thoroughbred world on Old Hilltop, Motion wants his horses to impress.

Mr Phil, Jaxon Traveler Meet Again in $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3)

05/17/2022

Street Lute Chasing Ninth Career Stakes Victory in $100,000 Skipat

LAUREL, MD – In 30 career starts, Mr Phil has won seven times but never run in a stakes race. Jaxon Traveler, meanwhile, has run half as many times and won three stakes, also having placed in graded-stakes on both dirt and turf.

Four weeks after Mr Phil got the best of Jaxon Traveler in a six-furlong optional claiming allowance at Aqueduct, the two speedsters will tangle again in Saturday’s $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.

Epicenter Favored at 6-5 in Preakness Morning Line

05/16/2022

Asmussen: Post #8 ‘Ideal’ for Derby Runner-up
Oaks Winner Secret Oath Arrives at Pimlico Monday

LAUREL, MD – Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Epicenter was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 147 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course following Monday’s post-position draw for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Tango Tango Tango Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Dinner Party (G2)

05/16/2022

Among 10 Stakes, Six Graded, Worth $2.75 Million on Preakness Day Program

Luna Belle Facing Biggest Test in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2)

05/16/2022

98th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 20 Program
13-Horse Field is Largest for Race in Nearly Three Decades

LAUREL, MD – Undefeated through four starts this year and a winner of five consecutive stakes dating back before Christmas, Luna Belle will be tested like never before facing 10 shippers among the largest field in nearly three decades for Friday’s $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Epicenter Breezes for Saturday’s 147 Preakness

05/16/2022

Oaks Winner Secret Oath, Lukas Enroute to Pimlico
Fenwick Last-Minute Entry for Preakness

LAUREL, MD – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter, the Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and expected favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), breezed an easy half-mile in 50 2/5 seconds early Monday morning at Churchill Downs, a textbook workout for a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days before a race.

Un Ojo Out of Preakness

05/16/2022

LAUREL, MD - Un Ojo will not enter in the Preakness Stakes (G1) after the foot bruise that kept the one-eyed gelding out of the Kentucky Derby flared back up.

“This morning his foot was a little warm again,” Louisiana-based trainer Ricky Courville said Monday morning by phone. “The vets went over him, and he’s not 100 percent. I’m dealing with the same thing. I guess the work kind of re-aggravated it.”

Exotic West Seeks Graded Success in $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3)

05/15/2022

Among Six Stakes, Four Graded, Worth $1.05 Million in Purses May 20