Category: MD Racing

Greg Compton – and his fillies – hoping for first graded wins

by Ted Black | May 14, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

Trainer Greg Compton will send out a pair of fillies Friday at Pimlico as both he and they seek their first graded stakes wins.

Preakness: Gosger carrying hopes of… well, Gosger

by Press Release | May 14, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Former Major League journeyman Jim Gosger knows who he’s rooting for in the Preakness: the horse that bears his name.

Pimlico: From Preakness pearls to everyday whirls

by Vinnie Perrone | May 14, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

Passions and more have burned at Pimlico since its grand opening on Oct. 25, 1870. Racetrackers past and present remember.

High Paf hopes to step up in Miss Preakness

by The Biz | May 13, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

Undefeated Maryland-based High Paf looks to step up in a testy renewal of the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Friday at Pimlico.

Pyrenees seeks to defend Pimlico Special title

by The Biz | May 13, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

Pyrenees was up late to win the 2024 Pimlico Special, kicking off a big year for trainer Cherie DeVaux, and will seek to defend that title Friday.

Preakness 2025: Horse by horse analysis

by The Biz | May 13, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

In this year’s Preakness Stakes horse-by-horse… all the facts and figs on each Preakness runner, including race videos!

Preakness: 20 years on, Afleet Alex and Scrappy T forever connected

by Emily White | May 13, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Twenty years ago, Afleet Alex and Scrappy T almost collided in a near-accident that no one who experienced it will forget. Their humans remember…

Journalism installed as Preakness favorite

by Frank Vespe | May 12, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes.

Preakness: John Velazquez to ride Sandman

by Press Release | May 12, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

With his Derby rider headed elsewhere, Sandman will partner with John Velazquez in Saturday’s 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.

Preakness: McCarthy “very pleased” with Journalism

by Press Release | May 12, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Trainer Michael McCarthy recent flew from his California base to Churchill Downs to see Preakness entrant Journalism and said he is “very pleased.”

Lukas “enjoying every minute” of Preakness 150

by Press Release | May 12, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Press release other, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a Preakness lover through and through, is back at age 89 with Virginia Derby winner American Promise.

Evenly matched field set for G2 Black-Eyed Susan

by The Biz | May 11, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Racing | 0 |

A field of nine will contest Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and it’s a wide-open group that could be a linemaker’s nightmare.

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