Royal Mo suffered a career-ending sesamoid fracture Sunday morning at Pimlico Race Course during a workout that was to be his last drill for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
Lexington Stakes winner Senior Investment worked five furlongs in 1:02 at Keeneland on Sunday morning in his final serious pre-Preakness move.
Before Mother Nature poured buckets of water on Long Island on Saturday morning, trainer Chad Brown was able to get in Cloud Computing’s last major workout before next Saturday’s 142nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
Growing up a horse-crazed kid in Midway, Ky., Nick Bush had dreams of one day riding a Kentucky Derby winner. In a way, that dream was realized on May 6 when Always Dreaming romped to a 2 3/4-length victory in the 143rd Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.
On any given morning, Tom Bohannan can be spotted on the Churchill Downs backstretch, quietly going about the business of moving horses from point A to point B for Brook Ledge Horse Transportation. A quarter-century ago, the racetrack chores were quite different for Bohannan.
Classic Empire, who figures as the second wagering choice in the 142nd Preakness on May 20 at Pimlico, went to the track for the first time since the Kentucky Derby and jogged as dawn was breaking Wednesday at Churchill Downs.
While his Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming was en route to Baltimore Tuesday morning, trainer Todd Pletcher was at his home base of Belmont Park. Pletcher plans to catch up with Always Dreaming on Wednesday afternoon to continue preparations for the Preakness Stakes on May 20.
Jim Dunleavy, the Mid-Atlantic correspondent for the Daily Racing Form, has been selected for the Old Hilltop Award, an annual award presented by the Maryland Jockey Club “for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction.”
Led by Always Dreaming, the Kentucky Derby winner, five horses from the Derby and five newcomers to the Triple Crown trail make up the prospective field for the Preakness Stakes on May 20 at Pimlico.
Multiplier's first try against other winners produced a graded-stakes victory when the colt gamely captured the Grade 3, $250,000 Illinois Derby on Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course.
