May 16, 2013
At Pimlico’s Alibi breakfast, Daily Racing Form national correspondent Jay Privman and the Form’s lead photographer Barbara Livingston were honored by the Maryland Jockey Club for their work at the 2012 Preakness.
While it is certainly noteworthy that only one horse has won the Preakness from the rail since 1961 – Tabasco Cat in the 1994 – the rail draw shouldn’t scare supporters of Orb to the nearest bridge.
Graded stakes winners Willcox Inn, Optimizer, and Howe Great lead a field of 13 in the Grade 2, $300,000 Dixie, one of the best betting races on the Preakness card Saturday.
Red Cadeaux, second to Animal Kingdom in the Dubai World Cup in March, will race in his fourth different country in as many starts in Sunday’s $2.4 million Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore.
The proceeds of a sponsorship deal between the connections of Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Maserati, the car company, will benefit two racing charities.
Lady of Fifty returns to Hollywood Park's synthetic main track Saturday, when she runs in the Grade 2, $150,000 Marjorie Everett.
Visiting the backside at Pimlico Race Course Preakness week as the co-owner/breeder of a Kentucky Derby winner is certainly a unique experience for the 64-year-old Stuart Janney.
Trainer Joan Petrowski is hoping Dougs Buddy can keep his undefeated record in sprints intact when he runs in a six-furlong allowance race for 3-year-olds and up that drew eight horses at Northlands Park on Saturday.
Will Orb win the 2013 Triple Crown? Vegas has given him the most favorable odds since Big Brown in 2008.
On a busy Saturday at Emerald Downs, a pair of allowance races will complement simulcast wagering on the Preakness Stakes as Kentucky Derby hero Orb zeroes in on the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Following its simulcast of the Preakness, Prairie Meadows has slated a pair of featured six-furlong stakes sprints for Iowa-bred 3-year-olds, the $60,000 Bob Bryant for fillies and the $60,000 Gray’s Lake for colts and geldings.
Six evenly matched fillies and mares will line up for Saturday’s $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs. Spectacular Sky carries the nominal top weight of 118 pounds, giving one to four pounds to Fantasy of Flight, Glorious View, Irish Exchange, ...
Moonlit Beauty, winner of four stakes, is the most accomplished member of the 12-horse field for Saturday’s $125,000 Ballade Stakes. But can she shine under the circumstances, making her first start of the season at a six-furlong distance that isn’t ...
Nine talented pacing fillies will line up behind the gate on Sunday (May 19) at Balmoral Park to contest the first major Illinois-bred stakes race of the season. The $55,300 Violet Stake features two $100,000-plus earners and a late blooming young lady ...
Summer Applause bounced back from one bad effort earlier this year when she won the Grade 2 Top Flight at Aqueduct. Her connections hope she shows similar resilience in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff at Pimlico.
Hardened Wildcat and Candyman E, both of whom appear to be sitting on big efforts following lengthy breaks, may benefit from a hot, contested pace in Saturday's Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico.
Close It Out tops a field of 10 Grade 2 Smile prospects entered to in Saturday’s $55,000 Champali Stakes at Calder.
The horse race called the Preakness Stakes has been run 137 times, dating back to 1873, only it’s tough to take the first couple dozen versions very seriously.
When Orb gave trainer Shug McGaughey his first Kentucky Derby win, it was also the first Derby for assistant Buzzy Tenney and a host of other employees in a stable that prides itself on consistency and longevity.
It is tough to separate the eight older horses running in a $35,000 optional claimer that will serve as Saturday’s feature at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint is the last of seven races carded, and an abundance of speed in the field and could set ...