Racing News

Thousand Words Back on His Game for Oct. 3 Preakness

09/26/2020
Art Collector Breezes Easy Half-Mile at Churchill
Swiss Skydiver Breezes for Possible Preakness Start
Jesus’ Team Breezes, Dr Post and Happy Saver Passing Preakness
 
BALTIMORE – With blinkers back on, Thousand Words turned in the type of work Saturday morning at Churchill Downs that Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert again is regarding him as a solid prospect for the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes (G1) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Stronach 5 Returns $5,248

09/25/2020
Sequence Begins with Impressive Debut by Jaxon Traveler
 
BALTIMORE - There were 26 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each worth $5,248.90.
 
The Stronach 5 featured races from Pimlico Race Course, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, a $100,000 guaranteed pool and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 

Strict Protocols in Place for Jockeys Riding Preakness Weekend

09/25/2020
Pimlico Drive-Up Testing Site Open 7-3 Starting Sunday, Sept. 27
 
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club announced Friday strict protocols for jockeys intending to ride during Preakness weekend, Oct. 1-3, at Pimlico Race Course.
 
A total of 16 stakes, nine graded, worth $3.35 million in purses will be offered during the three-day span that closes the abbreviated Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 145th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, Oct. 3.

Asmussen, Closing in on All-Time Training Record, to Saddle Three in Preakness

09/25/2020
11 of 15 Victories at Pimlico in Graded Stakes, Seeks Third Preakness Win
 
BALTIMORE - Steve Asmussen last week became only the second trainer to win 9,000 races, the landmark win coming on Troy Ounce in the second race at Oklahoma City’s Remington Park. That left him 446 victories — since whittled to 437 heading into Friday’s racing — shy of becoming the sport’s all-time winningest trainer, with the late Dale Baird accruing 9,445 in a career spanning 1961-2007.
 

Sharper and Stronger Mr. Big News Gets Final Work for Preakness

09/25/2020
So Many Factors to Winning the Preakness
 
LOUISVILLE - Mr. Big News, third in the Kentucky Derby (G1) in his last start, had his final major training session for the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes (G1), cruising a half-mile in 50.40 seconds early Friday morning at Churchill Downs. Trainer Bret Calhoun termed it “just a maintenance work.”
 

Preakness Meet at Pimlico Race Course Kicks Off Thursday

09/23/2020
145th Preakness Stakes (G1) Set for Saturday, October 3
96th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Joins Preakness Day Program
16 Stakes, Nine Graded, Worth $3.35 Million Oct. 1-3
$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes
 

Preakness Meet at Pimlico Race Course Kicks Off Thursday

09/23/2020
145th Preakness Stakes (G1) Set for Saturday, October 3
96th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Joins Preakness Day Program
16 Stakes, Nine Graded, Worth $3.35 Million Oct. 1-3
$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes
 

Max Player Headed to Preakness

09/23/2020
BALTIMORE - Max Player is headed to the Preakness Stakes (G1), which as it currently stands will stamp him as the only horse to compete in all three legs of the Triple Crown — plus Saratoga’s Travers Stakes (G1).
 

Pneumatic Works Bullet for Preakness

09/21/2020
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Pneumatic continued his preparation for the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1) on Oct. 3 with a five-furlong bullet work Monday morning in company in 1:00.85 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga.
 
“On this track that’s about as good as horses work,” said Scott Blasi, trainer Steve Asmussen’s top assistant.
 

Authentic to Carry Spendthrift's Silks in Preakness Stakes

09/21/2020
LOUISVILLE - B. Wayne Hughes, whose Spendthrift Farm is majority owner in Authentic, wanted minority owner MyRacehorse’s black and white silks to be worn by jockey John Velazquez in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Authentic carried those colors into the history books as the winner of the only Kentucky Derby not held in the spring. A month later, Authentic will wear Spendthrift’s orange and purple silks in the first Preakness Stakes (G1) not held in the spring or summer.