Pace makes graded race for Navajo Warrior, Peach Tie
Two different pace scenarios, two versions of an ideal setup: Navajo Warrior won the Pimlico Special, and Peach Tie scored in the Miss Preakness.
Two different pace scenarios, two versions of an ideal setup: Navajo Warrior won the Pimlico Special, and Peach Tie scored in the Miss Preakness.
Is Napoleon Solo a distance-limited miler type? Or is he a horse capable of more but with recent excuses? The answer could decide the Preakness.
Four runners out of Laurel Park’s Weber City Miss are among the Black-Eyed Susan contenders, and the feeling, they say, is a bit surreal.
Trainer Whit Beckman, once an assistant on Derby- and Preakness-winning operations, just missed winning his first Classic with Preakness hopeful Ocelli.
A battle over who can serve on the Maryland horsemen’s board has involved personal attacks, lawyers, a testy meeting, and now a lawsuit.
The fits and starts of the Pimlico Plus plan have made horsemen nervous, and now key state officials and legislative leaders are weighing in, too.
Kentucky Derby champ Golden Tempo will bypass the May 16 Preakness and point instead to the Belmont Stakes, his trainer said in a statement.
It’s looking like the May 16 Preakness will have a larger field than usual, as, though few Derby runners are eyeing it, plenty of others are.
In the first 2-year-old race of the year for the boys at Laurel Park, Call Me Micky J. jetted to the victory for trainer John Salzman.
Costa Linda, the second foal out of Maryland royalty Anna’s Bandit, won her career debut in Laurel Park’s first 2-year-old race of 2026.