Racing News

Smokin’ T Chases Graded Win in $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

09/13/2023

G3 Event Tops Six Stakes Worth $650,000 in Purses Saturday

LAUREL, MD – DATTT Stable homebred Smokin’ T, a stakes winner last month that came within a half-length of earning a million-dollar payday just two weeks ago, wheels back for another chance at picking up graded credentials in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Milagrosa Surena Back on Grass for $100,000 All Along

09/13/2023

G1 Winner in Field of 12 for 1 1/8-Mile Turf Stakes Saturday
Among Six Stakes Worth $650,000 Topped by G3 BWI Turf Cup

LAUREL, MD – Buqui Chala R.IV’s Milagrosa Surena, a group-stakes winner on turf and dirt in her native Argentina, will get an opportunity to translate her stakes winning form to North America when she returns to the grass for Saturday’s $100,000 All Along at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Double Crown Takes Inside Route in $100,000 Polynesian

09/10/2023

Whiskey and Rye Smooth Winner of $100,000 Sensible Lady
Swill Runs Down Al Loves Josie in $75,000 Challedon

LAUREL, MD– Built Wright Stables’ Grade 2 winner Double Crown, just six days removed from competing in an out-of-town grass stakes, returned to the Maryland dirt and powered through an opening along the rail in mid-stretch en route to a 4 ½-length triumph in the $100,000 Polynesian at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Sunday Trio to Kick Off Pimlico’s Fall Stakes Schedule

09/09/2023

First of Nine Stakes Worth $925,000 During Nine-Day Stand
Pirate Rick Makes Successful Return, Giving Barbosa 3 Wins

LAUREL, MD – Historic Pimlico Race Course will wrap up opening weekend of its boutique nine-day fall meet Sunday with a 10-race program featuring the first three of nine stakes worth $925,000 in purses.

Swill Continues Comeback in Sunday’s $75,000 Challedon

09/08/2023

Nyquist Daughter Monticello Graduates in Opening Day Feature
Rainbow 6, Jackpot Super High Five Carryovers for Saturday

LAUREL, MD – A lot of time and a little change of scenery have done wonders for Kueber Racing and Ten Strike Racing’s Swill, who continues his comeback from a near two-year layoff with a return to stakes company in Sunday’s $75,000 Challedon at historic Pimlico Race Course.

G2 Winner Un Ojo Continues Comeback in $100,000 Polynesian

09/08/2023

Be Better Chasing Third Straight Win in Sunday’s 1 1/16-Mile Stakes
Last of Three Stakes Worth $275,000 in Purses Sunday, Sept. 10

LAUREL, MD – More than a year after a foot bruise took him off the Triple Crown trail and an intended start in the Preakness Stakes (G1), Cypress Creek Equine and Whispering Oaks Farm’s Un Ojo is entered to make his debut at historic Pimlico Race Course in Sunday’s $100,000 Polynesian.

Ward-Trained Duo Tops $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash

09/07/2023

Daring Do, Spicy Marg Look to Snap All That Magic’s Win Streak
Among Three Stakes Worth $275,000 in Purses Sunday, Sept. 10

LAUREL, MD – Recent stakes winner Daring Do and her multiple stakes-placed stablemate Spicy Marg give trainer Wesley Ward a strong hand going up against All That Magic, riding a four-race win streak, in Sunday’s $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Eight Races Friday Open Pimlico’s Boutique Fall Meet

09/07/2023

Nine-Day Stand Runs Friday-Sunday Through Sept. 24
Nine Stakes Worth $925,000 in Purses Beginning Sunday

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club will raise the curtain on its boutique nine-day fall meet at Pimlico Race Course with a live eight-race program Friday.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Latest Career Milestone ‘Huge’ for Kieron Magee

09/06/2023

1,000 Wins for Trainer that ‘Didn’t Want to Do This’
Based at Pimlico Where Fall Meet Opens Sept. 8

LAUREL, MD – All things considered; Kieron Magee has done remarkably well at a job he never really wanted.

Nearly two decades ago, working as a salaried exercise rider for trainer Dale Capuano after having freelanced on the Maryland circuit for years since coming to the U.S. from Ireland, Magee knew a career change was coming.

Big Everest Tops 20 Nominees to $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

09/03/2023

G3 Event Among Six Stakes Worth $675,000 in Purses Sept. 16

LAUREL, MD – Big Everest, a three-time stakes winner beaten as the favorite in his last start; graded-stakes winning turf sprinter Cazadero and Highestdistinction, who upset Big Everest in their last meeting, top a list of 20 horses nominated to the $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) Saturday, Sept. 16 at historic Pimlico Race Course.