Racing News

Preakness Favorite Authentic Was Worth the Wait

09/29/2020
D’Angelo Following His Dream with Jesus’ Team
Pneumatic Seeks to Join Long List of Winchell Stars
Naming Swiss Skydiver Easy Call for Owner
 
BALTIMORE – A  connection formed with 2018 Triple Crown champion Justify has yielded 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and Preakness (G1) morning-line favorite Authentic.
 

Stan the Man Aims for Graded Success in Frank De Francis Dash

09/29/2020
Prestigious $200,000 Sprint Joins Preakness (G1) Undercard Saturday, Oct. 3
Florida Shipper Liza Star Looks to Spring Upset in $100,000 Skipat
 
BALTIMORE – Last fall, trainer John Terranova sent an unknown minor stakes winner from New York to Maryland, one that had been competitive graded company without success, in search of a breakthrough race.
 

Maryland Jockey Quartet Representing Home Team at Preakness

09/29/2020
Veteran Riders Combined for Seven State Championships in Nine Years
 
BALTIMORE – A fearsome foursome of Maryland’s top jockeys, who have combined to win 30 individual meet titles and seven of the state’s last nine overall riding championships, are lined up to strut their stuff on the biggest stage of all.
 

$250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Draws Competitive Field of 11

09/28/2020
96th Edition of Prestigious 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Saturday, Oct. 3
 
BALTIMORE – An evenly-matched field of 11 fillies, led by graded-stakes winners Bonny South, Hopeful Growth, Perfect Alibi and Project Whiskey, are set to gather for the 96th running of the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G1) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.
 

'Shiny' Authentic Impresses in Work for Saturday's Preakness

09/28/2020
Kentucky Derby Winner Breezes Half-Mile at Churchill Downs
Asmussen Trio Breezes for Preakness 145 at Pimlico
Jesus’ Team Gets Acquainted with Pimlico Oval Monday
 

Trainer Calhoun Takes Another Step Forward in Career

09/28/2020
Saddles Mr. Big News in Saturday’s Preakness
 
LOUISVILLE - Bret Calhoun has accrued 3,192 victories and $86 million in purse earnings - both ranking 28th all-time in North America - in 26 years of training horses. The 56-year-old Texas product has won 42 graded stakes and 302 stakes overall. 
 

Authentic Favored at 9-5 for Saturday's Preakness Stakes

09/28/2020
Trainer Bob Baffert on Quest for Record 8th Preakness Win       
 
BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic will headline a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Monday in the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1), which will bring down the curtain on a most unusual 2020 Triple Crown campaign Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
 

Claiming Crown Prep Draws Competitive Fields

09/27/2020
Eight Races Friday Compliment Pimlico Special (G3)
 
BALTIMORE - A total of 76 horses were entered for the eight Claiming Crown prep races on the Pimlico Special (G3) program Friday, Oct. 2 at Pimlico Race Course.
 
In addition to guaranteed berths in the Claiming Crown, the Pimlico prep race winners will receive travel subsidies to the event to be held at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Dec. 5.
 

Jesus' Team First Preakness Contender to Arrive at Pimlico

09/27/2020
BALTIMORE – Grupo Seven C Stable’s Jesus’ Team arrived at Pimlico Sunday afternoon, becoming the first contender for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) to step foot on the historic grounds known as Old Hilltop.
 
The son of Tapiture, who most recently finished third in the Sept. 5 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga, arrived by van from Monmouth Park.
 

Lukas and Baffert: A Friendship Built on Trust and Respect

09/27/2020
Hall of Fame Trainers Work Together to Bring Derby Winner Authentic to Preakness 
 
LOUISVILLE - Bob Baffert has won more Triple Crown races than any trainer in history. So when he needed someone to oversee the preparation in Kentucky of his sixth Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Authentic, during the weeks leading up to the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes (G1), Baffert turned to the man whose record he broke.