Racing News

Old Friends for Life Benefit at Preakness 148

05/19/2023

Race 2 Winner Saturday Offered Lifetime Retirement

LAUREL, MD – A home for life. That’s what the winner of Race 2 Saturday at Pimlico Race Course will earn.

Saturday’s program, highlighted by the 148th running of the Preakness (G1), will give the winner of the 1 1/16-mile event an automatic retirement to Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., should it ever be needed.

Baffert Makes Triple Crown Return in Preakness 148

05/19/2023

Hall of Fame Trainer Chasing Record with National Treasure

LAUREL, MD – In his first visit to Pimlico Race Course in almost three years, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Friday it was hard to predict whether his Preakness Stakes (G1) starter National Treasure could deliver a record-breaking eighth win in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Three Colts Have Chance to Make ‘Magic’ in Preakness 148

05/19/2023

Mage, Blazing Sevens, Perform All Sons of Good Magic

LAUREL, MD -- There is one horse that stands above all the others in Saturday’s 148th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

Of course, the easiest of answers is Mage, the Kentucky Derby(G1) winner, who is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

First Mission Declared from Preakness 148

05/19/2023

LAUREL, MD - First Mission, Keeneland’s Grade 3 Stonestreet Lexington winner, was declared out of Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes (G1) early Friday morning with an unspecified left hind ankle issue, owner Godolphin announced.

First Mission, who is trained by Brad Cox, was the second choice in the morning line for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Arabian Lion Heavily Favored for Sir Barton

05/18/2023

LAUREL, MD – For Zedan Racing’s Arabian Lion, the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes on Saturday is a chance to prove that he is a player to be reckoned with in stakes competition.

After a frustrating second in the April 15 Lexington (G3) at Keeneland, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is trying him again at 1 1/16 miles in the 25th running of the Sir Barton sponsored by Brandon and Diannah Perry to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. He is the 2-5 morning-line favorite in the field of six.

After Eight After Victory in $100,000 Old Hilltop

05/18/2023

LAUREL, MD - From the start, trainer Arnaud Delacour thought good things were ahead for a filly named After Eight.

“I have always been very high on her,” Delacour said.

It’s just that, initially, he didn’t anticipate After Eight would become a player on the grass.

That’s the game plan for Friday when the lightly raced daughter of Into Mischief runs in the 51st running of the one mile $100,000 Hilltop Stakes on the grass at Pimlico Race Course.

Mage Makes J.J. Delgado Feel Like a Winner

05/18/2023

Cox Counting on Saez to Show First Mission the Way
Blazing Sevens, Early Voting, Cloud Computing Same but Different
McGaughey Hoping for Better ‘Perform’-ance in Preakness
Baffert on National Treasure: ‘Talent is There’

Videos at Preakness.Isctv.com
Interview Shug McGaughey (Perform)
Training: Mage, First Mission, National Treasure, Red Route One

Saturday’s Chick Lang (G3) Would Make Race Namesake Proud

05/18/2023

Multiple Graded Winner Havnameltdown Tops Solid Field of Seven

LAUREL, MD – Chick Lang would have loved the 48th running of the stakes bearing his name on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Godolphin: Been There, Done That

05/18/2023

Seventeen Years Ago with Bernardini, Now First Mission

Mage Owner Norma Barnes-Euresti: ‘My Heart Was So Full’

05/18/2023

Childhood Dream Fulfilled by Mage’s Kentucky Derby Victory
Chenery ‘Gave a Little Girl a Dream’

LAUREL, MD – Fifty years and a day after the start of a lifetime of intense love of horses and racing Norma Barnes-Euresti found herself at the center of a memorable few minutes on the track at Churchill Downs May 6.