Several runners look likely to tackle Justify in the Preakness May 19. They include some Derby runners and some newcomers.
Justify dazzled in winning the Kentucky Derby Saturday and now is officially Preakness-bound, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.
Goodonehoney, smashing winner of the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel, breezed five furlongs Friday towards a possible date in the G2 Black-Eyed Susan.
Tampa Bay Derby winner Quip, bypassing the Kentucky Derby for the Preakness, breezed a “very good” half-mile Thursday morning in preparation.
Graham Motion trainees Irish Strait and Serjeant At Arms figure to be among the key players in Monmouth Park’s opening day feature, the Cliff Hanger Stakes.
Apprentice jock Wes Hamilton and journeyman Jorge Vargas are one win apart for Laurel meet honors as the final weekend looms.
Xpressbet CEO and president Ron Luniewski has stepped down, the company announced today.
With the Kentucky Derby upon us, Justify is rated the top three-year-old in the latest NTRA poll, while West Coast remained the leader for older horses.
The winners of the awards for best Preakness story and best Preakness photograph, as well as the Old Hilltop Award, have been announced by the Maryland Jockey Club.
Just Howard, 2017 Maryland-bred Horse of the Year, is being pointed at a return to racing in the G2 Dixie May 19 at Pimlico.