Balnikhov, winless in nine starts, rallied from last to win the G3 Dinner Party over the boggy going at Pimlico on the Preakness undercard.
Trainer Michael Trombetta will saddle as many as 13 horses this weekend at Pimlico, none in a bigger spot than Call Another Play in the Black-Eyed Susan.
Three-year-old Nagirroc dominated his competition in the James Murphy Stakes at Pimlico Saturday, setting a track record for one mile on the turf.
Private Terms Stakes winner Shake Em Loose, under Preakness consideration, will skip that race and run in the grassy James Murphy instead.
The results from the ungraded stakes on the Preakness day 2019 undercard at Pimlico.
Marengo Road, a stakes winner on the main track, added a turf stake score to his resume in today’s James Murphy Stakes at Pimlico.
As is often the case in Baltimore, high-brow and low-brow shared an easy coexistence on Preakness day, while it was in-with-the-new on the track.
Trainer Michael Pino and owner Tim O’Donohue have a knack for claiming. They showed it Preakness day when Wallyanna won the James Murphy Stakes.
Tesio runner-up Heat Press looks to get back on track in Delaware’s closing day feature, the Barbaro Stakes, but he’ll have to contend with red-hot Revocation.