Pixelate, one of the likely favorites for the Grade 3, $200,000 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup, is “50-50” to participate in the mile event, trainer Michael Stidham reported Thursday. The BWI Turf Cup is one of four turf stakes on the Saturday afternoon card at Pimlico. “We’re cross-entered at Colonial [in the $150,000 Buckland Stakes on Monday] and Pimlico,” Stidham said. “We have our eye on the weather at Colonial and keeping our options open.” Stidham is pleased with Pixelate’s training. “He’s like an iron horse,” he said. If Pixelate opts for Colonial, Talk Or Listen has a big chance based on his runner-up effort in the Grade 2 Dinner Party two back. Last time, Talk Or Listen finished sixth, 3 3/4 lengths behind Pixelate, in the Prince George’s County. “It was a bit disappointing in his last race, but the ground was soft,” trainer Arnaud Delacour said. “The race before that was really good on firm.” A stakes winner traveling 1 5/16 miles in France, Delacour is hoping Talk Or Listen will appreciate this shorter one-mile distance. “I’m not 100 percent sure it will work out, but it could fit him very well if the pace is strong enough,” he said. :: Bet the races with confidence on DRF Bets. You're one click away from the only top-rated betting platform fully integrated with exclusive data, analysis, and expert picks. The pace might be supplied by Ramsey Solution, stakes-placed on May 29 at Churchill. In that race, Ramsey Solution tracked the leaders and wound up in behind foes before rallying for second behind next-out Grade 2 Wise Dan winner Set Piece. Ramsey Solution, trained by Wesley Ward, should improve in the second start of his form cycle. Field Pass also has the tactical ability to gain a forward position. Fourth in the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile to kick off his 2021 campaign, he failed to stay the 11 furlongs in his subsequent start. The Mike Maker trainee enters the BWI Turf Cup following a fourth-place effort in the Wise Dan. Graham Motion sends out English Bee for his first start at the distance since he was beaten a length in the 2020 Maker’s Mark Mile. “That was the toughest race I’ve ever run him in, and he wasn’t beaten by much,” Motion said. “I’ve always thought this was his best distance.” Jorge Vargas, who was aboard for English Bee’s last two victories, regains the mount Saturday. Recent claiming winner Posterity also entered. Big Dreyfus Chad Brown withdrew Counterparty Risk from last Saturday’s Matchmaker at Monmouth Park to await the $100,000 Big Dreyfus for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles. The daughter of Australia looms the probable favorite. Despite saving ground throughout to win the Grade 3 Endeavour at Tampa Bay in her 4-year-old debut, Brown told Daily Racing Form last week that Counterparty Risk “doesn’t like to race inside of horses. The key to this filly is to get her into the clear.” Counterparty Risk rode the inside when dead-heating for third in last month’s Eatontown at Monmouth. “She got stuck in there,” Brown said. Trainer Ben Colebrook counters with multiple Grade 3-placed performer Sister Hanan and believes the mare has excuses for her two starts in this form cycle. The pace wasn’t fast in the Ellis Park Turf, and Colebrook noted “it made it tough to close. In the race before that, the first off the layoff, that was on me. I don’t think I really had her cranked tight enough. I think third race in the form cycle, she ought to be ready.” :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Grade 3-placed No Mo Lady also makes her third try off the bench after facing two salty allowance fields at Belmont. She is trained by Mike Trombetta, who said the caliber of talent in New York “wasn’t much different than what we’re running with here. Hopefully, she fits.” Sailingintothewind might control the race from the start. “She drew inside, so that might be the logical way to go,” trainer Brittany Russell said. “That’s her best running style.” Tightly Twisted and Marlborough Road complete the lineup. Bald Eagle Derby Distance could be the determining factor in the $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/2 miles. Trainer Jamie Ness noticed a sharp gallop-out from Indian Lake after a third-place effort in the restricted Sussex Stakes iat Delaware Park. “That’s the only reason I thought about this race, because his pedigree looks like he might be distance-limited,” Ness said. “Once he got clear, he really galloped out way in front.” Indian Lake did not have a clean trip in the Sussex. “I thought he ran a real good race against older horses,” Ness said. “It was one of those trips where you turn the page because he just got stuck behind.” Wootton Asset finished third in the Grade 3 Kent in his first start of the year. “I thought it was a good effort,” Motion said. “I wasn’t sure it was the right spot to bring him back in, but my options were quite limited. I think the Kent moved him forward.” Motion is interested to see how his colt will perform at 1 1/2 miles. “I don’t know how far the Wootton Bassetts want to go,” he said. “It seems off his last race that it would be within his scope.” Experienced defeated four next-out winners when capturing his debut. A son of Temple City, Experienced is a half-brother to five graded winners and seemingly has the pedigree to relish the extra yardage. Shackled Love, a stakes winner on the main track, tries turf. “I nominated him for this and I really didn’t have a whole lot coming up for him,” trainer Gary Capuano said. “He seems pretty fit and training really nice. If I could get him to settle, because he gets a little headstrong early, then I think he can handle the distance. Turf, who knows? It’s a guessing game. He’s got enough pedigree.” Take Profit and Hanford also are expected to start. Sensible Lady Turf Dash Russell has the speed in the Big Dreyfus, but So Gracious is the polar opposite in terms of running style. The Speightstown mare will try to kick them down in the $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash at five furlongs. So Gracious has raced once this year, a third-place effort behind sharp Beantown Baby. “She was going to need a run that day,” Russell said. “We could have worked her a couple of more times. I think she steps up off that run.” What a Trick looms a dangerous pace presence after walloping maidens on May 16 at Gulfstream. She was entered in Saratoga’s Coronation Cup earlier in the month, but that race was washed off turf. Golden Can and Can the Queen both provide pace pressure. The former seeks her third consecutive victory, while Can the Queen contested solid splits in her last two turf outings. Flyingontheground, Dendrobia, and Pat’s No Fool try to upset the apple cart.