Classic Empire, foiled by a rugged trip in the Kentucky Derby, is training steadily towards a May 20 rematch in the Preakness.
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming circled Pimlico’s oval twice in the company of a pony this morning, and was “full of himself,” said trainer Todd Pletcher.
Cloud Computing, with just three starts to his credit, is training well in advance of his next start, in the Preakness May 20.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost – who recently took Santa Anita’s Big ‘Cap – will make his next start on Preakness eve in the Pimlico Special.
Monmouth Park has earned reaccreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance.
Pimlico track announcer Dave Rodman has seen — and is ready for — just about everything that can happen on a Preakness (or any other) day.
Monmouth Park will open Saturday with an 11-race card highlighted by the grassy Wolf Hill Stakes.
Trainer Keith Nations will have 40 horses at Delaware Park, where his operation thrived in 2016.
Gunnevera has been confirmed as a Preakness runner, and that means a first chance to try crabcakes for assistant trainer Alex Sano.
Trainer Steve Asmussen may bring a pair of runners from the Kentucky Derby to Baltimore for the Preakness: runner-up Lookin At Lee and 11th place finisher Hence.