
Pimlico picks and ponderings April 24, 2021
Happy Tesio day! John Piassek has the card covered here.

Happy Tesio day! John Piassek has the card covered here.

Jockey Forest Boyce, out with an injury for nearly two months, won on just her second mount back Friday afternoon at Pimlico.

Brooklyn Strong, winner of the Grade 2 Remsen and fifth in the Wood Memorial, will skip tomorrow’s Tesio to train up to the Preakness.

Taco Supream, winner of the 2019 Maryland Million Sprint, has been retired, trainer Damon Dilodovico said.

Pixelate, winner of the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby last year, is the morning line favorite in Saturday’s Henry S. Clark Stakes at Pimlico.

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air April 24 with a show featuring trainer Tom Amoss, and much more.

Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.

While Littlestitious gets top billing, locals like Fraudulent Charge and stakes winner Miss Leslie figure to have a say in the Weber City Miss outcome.

John Piassek has coverage of today’s 11-race Pimlico card!

Four of eight horses in the Tesio Stakes are Maryland-bred, and five are Maryland-based, giving the locals what they hope will be a strong hand.

Charles Town Races has come under fire this year for a spate of breakdowns, but trainers and jockeys at the track said it’s not the racing strip itself that’s to blame.

Maryland racing shifts to Pimlico’s Preakness meet April 22, giving Old Hilltop its longest meet since 2016 and stakes action that kicks off April 24.
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