Royal Mo suffered a fractured sesamoid during a work this morning at Pimlico and will miss the Preakness but is expected to make a full recovery.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy earned the 1,000th win of his career by piloting Rainbow Heir to a win in Saturday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Always Dreaming almost under cover of darkness this morning and was happy with his star’s gallop at Pimlico.
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.