Preakness wins by Pleasant Colony in 1981 and Hansel in 1991 helped bookend of golden age of friendly competition in Virginia breeding.
Chad Brown (of course) will send out the favorite, but trainer Graham Motion will counter with a pair of solid runners in the G2 Dinner Party Stakes.
Army Wife pulled away late to post a solid score in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Friday at Pimlico.
In a three-way thriller, Red Ghost managed to get her nose down on the wire to win the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
Reigh Count is one of four Kentucky Derby winners bred in Virginia, and his legacy extends to this day in racing — even if he himself is mostly forgotten.
Favored Factor This won for the fifth time in six starts today at Pimlico when he scored in the Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes.
Jockey John Velazquez is 0-for-9 in the Preakness and last year got dumped leaving the gate. Now, with Authentic, he’s got a shot to break his maiden.
It’s a family heirloom passed down through the generations: a case containing the shoes and bit Man o’ War wore during the 1920 Belmont. But is it real?
Long before he was a Kentucky Derby contender, Ny Traffic spent his formative months in a rural corner of Virginia, at Sunny Dell Farm.
Longshot Attachment Rate, who’ll be the first Virginia-bred to compete in the Kentucky Derby since 2012, has stamina, and trainer Dale Romans, on his side.