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With the Preakness Stakes temporarily relocating from Pimlico to Laurel Park in 2026, much has been made of the effect the move will have on configurations for the 1 3/16-mile race. But local jockeys aren't panicking.
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With new racing leadership in Maryland and Pimlico Race Course in the process of being rebuilt, this Saturday's Preakness Stakes will be contested at Laurel Park, some 30 miles southwest of its traditional home in Baltimore. Change was also a constant in the early years of the current middle jewel of the Triple Crown, which will now have been contested at four different tracks, under different conditions, and on different dates.
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Finishing third in the Kentucky Derby is obviously not as good as winning. But for the connections of Ocelli, their colt’s third at 70-1 as a maiden in the 152nd Kentucky Derby two weeks ago at Churchill Downs felt pretty satisfying.
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Incredibolt, a late addition to the field, immediately was tabbed a serious contender by two morning-line makers for Saturday’s 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park.
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It has been a pattern that has worked well for trainer Chad Brown. A horse runs in the Wood Memorial, skips the Kentucky Derby, and wins the Preakness. Cloud Computing did it in 2017. Early Voting again in 2022. Saturday, Brown will attempt the hat trick with Iron Honor, though circumstances are not necessarily similar.
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The ever-changing Preakness field lost a top contender on Monday when Silent Tactic was ruled out of the race by trainer Mark Casse.
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The connections of Chip Honcho are that rare breed that didn’t succumb to the sometimes-dreaded disease known as Derby fever.
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Twice during The Hell We Did’s work Saturday a siren signifying a loose horse went off. The first time, it forced exercise rider Christian Olmo to pull his horse up and abort the work. The second time, the siren went off about a quarter mile into the actual move and Olmo had to take a hold of horse around the far turn. Olmo and The Hell We Did came several paths wide into the stretch. Officially, The Hell We Did was credited with a five-furlong move in 1:01.40 from the track clockers
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Believing it would be “too much too soon,” trainer Bob Baffert on Friday said that undefeated 3-year-old Crude Velocity would skip the Preakness Stakes on May 16 at Laurel Park and likely point to the Grade 1 Woody Stephens on June 6 at Saratoga.
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A legislative committee in Maryland has placed a 45-day delay on the state’s purchase of Laurel Park to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the transaction.
