Racing News

Baffert Seeking Finger-Licking Good 8th Preakness Win

10/01/2020
Marylander Annie Finney Having Fun on Art Collector
Calhoun Finds a Silver Lining with Mr. Big News
 
BALTIMORE – After his Preakness (G1) horses went to the track at Pimlico Race Course for their exercise Thursday morning, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert joked about the schedule for the days ahead.
 
“We gallop tomorrow and then we start fretting,” he said with a chuckle, emphasizing the last word as “fret-innn.”

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Lunsford Gets First Preakness Starter in Art Collector

10/01/2020
Rated Second Behind Morning-Line Favorite Authentic 
 
LOUISVILLE — Bruce Lunsford, who will have his first Preakness Stakes (G1) entrant when Art Collector takes on Kentucky Derby winner Authentic Saturday at Pimlico, knows something about tough races and taking on formidable opponents.
 

Motion Hoping for $150,000 Selima Repeat with Invincible Gal

10/01/2020
Kidnapped Looks to Escape with $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory
 
BALTIMORE – A year after sending out Sharing to victory as a prelude to her upset triumph in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), trainer Graham Motion brings another promising 2-year-old in Invincible Gal for Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Monday Morning Qb Debuts on Turf in $100,000 James Murphy

10/01/2020
Undefeated Fillies Caravel, Princess Grace Tangle in $100,000 Hilltop
 
BALTIMORE – Cash is King and LC Racing’s stakes winner Monday Morning Qb, at one time under consideration for the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1), will instead make his turf debut Saturday in the $100,000 James W. Murphy at Pimlico Race Course.
 

$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Competitive Fields in Friday's Stronach 5

10/01/2020
Races from Pimlico, Santa Anita and Golden Gate, Three on Turf
 
LAUREL PARK, MD – Turf races from Pimlico Race Course and Santa Anita Park and a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout highlight Friday’s popular Stronach 5.
 

Authentic 'Full of Himself' at Pimlico Wednesday Morning

09/30/2020
Swiss Skydiver’s Connections Looking for Big Prize Saturday
Mr. Big News ‘Bouncing and Happy’ for Preakness Stakes
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BALTIMORE – As he has done for so many years, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert held court outside the Pimlico Stakes Barn Wednesday morning after his Preakness horses had come back from the track.
 

Doctor Mounty Paying House Call in $250,000 Dinner Party

09/30/2020
119th Year for Saturday, Oct. 3 Turf Stakes, Oldest Stakes Race at Pimlico
 
BALTIMORE – Already a four-time winner of the race, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will go after No. 5 with Maryland-loving multiple graded-stakes winner Doctor Mounty in the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.
 

G1 Winner Wicked Whisper Tops $150,000 Miss Preakness

09/30/2020
Among 12 Stakes, Seven Graded, on Oct. 3 Preakness Day Program
 
BALTIMORE – Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper, making just her sixth career start, looks to return to the winner’s circle for the first time in nearly a year when she lines up against six rivals in the $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Graded Winners Look to Get on Track in $150,000 Gallorette

09/30/2020
Turf Stakes First of Seven Graded Events on Preakness Day Program Oct. 3
 
BALTIMORE – Juliet Foxtrot and Varenka, graded winners in 2019, will seek their first stakes score this season in the $150,000 Gallorette (G3) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.
 
A field of eight fillies and mares was entered in the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette on grass, the second on a 12-race all-stakes Preakness Day program, and the first of seven graded events. First race post time is 11 a.m.

Kentucky Derby Winner Authentic Arrives for Preakness

09/29/2020
Joined by Five Others Including Swiss Skydiver, Art Collector
 
BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic and five other horses running in Saturday’s Preakness (G1) arrived at Pimlico Race Course at approximately 7 p.m. Tuesday evening after a flight from Louisville, Kentucky.