Raise the Reward will attempt to win the $50,000 Michael F. Rowland Memorial Handicap for the second time Saturday at Thistledown.
Trained by Jeff Radosevich, Raise the Reward won three races last year, including the six-furlong Rowland, which is restricted to Ohio-accredited horses. Ohio-accredited is the more restrictive of the two Ohio-registered categories as both the dam and sire must reside in Ohio.
BALTIMORE – Last year, Zagora rebounded from a fifth-place finish in the Jenny Wiley to win the Gallorette Handicap, one of the highlights of a season that led to an Eclipse Award as champion female turf horse.
Martin Schwartz and Chad Brown, the owner and trainer of Zagora, hope for lightning to strike twice when they send out Samitar in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Gallorette at Pimlico.
The undefeated Heliskier launches his 4-year-old campaign Saturday as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the $50,000 10,000 Lakes Stakes at Canterbury Park. The race, for Minnesota-bred colts and geldings, will be contested over the main track at six furlongs.
Heliskier is a perfect 6 for 6. He was 4 for 4 last year, winning his races by a combined 33 3/4 lengths, and amassed earnings of $103,056. He posted a bullet five-furlong work in 1:01.20 on May 5 for trainer Mac Robertson, followed by a six-furlong leg-stretcher from the gate on Sunday in preparation for his seasonal debut.
BALTIMORE - 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.
Privman won the David F. Woods Memorial Award for the best Preakness story from the previous year. Privman wrote a profile of Derby- and Preakness-winning trainer Doug O’Neill. Privman also won this award in 2002.
BALTIMORE - 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.
BALTIMORE – The depth of the Grade 2, $300,000 Dixie at Pimlico on Saturday makes it one of the best betting races on the Preakness card. The field of 13 has accounted for 14 graded stakes victories and includes Willcox Inn, Doubles Partner, Forte Dei Marmi, Optimizer, and Swift Warrior.
“It’s a very competitive race, a very well-balanced field,” said Graham Motion, who will send out Grade 3 winner Howe Great.
BALTIMORE - The proceeds of a sponsorship deal between the connections of Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Maserati, the car company, will benefit two racing charities, Stuart Janney III announced Thursday. Janney co-owns Orb with his cousin Ogden Mills Phipps.
[bc_video_id:292639:]INGLEWOOD, Calif. − Lady of Fifty’s Santa Anita campaign was abandoned in February after losses in two graded stakes early in the year.
It was an easy decision for trainer and co-owner Jerry Hollendorfer. The Betfair Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting was not that far off, and Lady of Fifty adores Hollywood Park’s synthetic main track.
BALTIMORE – Visiting the backside at Pimlico Race Course Preakness week is nothing new for Stuart Janney III, who lives only a few miles away in a town named Butler.
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 Janney.
