Preakness contender to emerge from Saturday stakes
Laurel Park has five stakes Saturday, topped by the final local preps for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan.
Jim DunleavyApr 18, 2018
Laurel Park has five stakes Saturday, topped by the final local preps for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan.
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore will hold 15 stakes races with total purses of $3.7 million during the track’s 12-day race meet beginning May 10, including the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes, the track announced on Friday.
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Shaman Ghost continued to establish himself as one of the better older horses in the country with his victory in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special last Friday, a score that built on family ties for his connections.
Stalwart sire Distorted Humor has been the gift that keeps on giving for his connections. He quietly played a role in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, as his son Maclean's Music was represented by a first-crop classic winner in Cloud Computing.
Japanese sire Heart's Cry has accomplished much in both his racing and stallion careers, but there is one thing he's done infrequently. He was represented by just the second U.S. stakes winner of his career on Saturday when his promising son Yoshida captured the James Murphy Stakes on the Pimlico turf.
It is too early to determine whether Maclean’s Music will join the rare successful non-stakes-winning stallions, but the victory of his first-crop son Cloud Computing in the Preakness Stakes will surely give him a golden opportunity.
Owner Tom McKenna is sending Conquest Mo Money, who finished seventh in Saturday's Preakness, to the Fair Hill barn of trainer Tres Abbott for the summer.
Cloud Computing, winner of Saturday's Preakness Stakes, emerged from the race in good condition, but his status for the Belmont Stakes is undecided, trainer Chad Brown said Sunday. That mirrors the status of Always Dreaming, the Kentucky Derby winner who was eighth in the Preakness.