With more days, bigger purses, and Maryland on hiatus, Colonial Downs, and its horsemen and jockeys, are hoping 2025 is its biggest meet yet.
The Ken McPeek-trained Render Judgment will tackle Saturday’s Virginia Derby with blinkers added and adjusted shoeing.
The Turf Publicists of America have awarded trainer Ken McPeek their Big Sport of Turfdom award for his cooperation with the media.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, beaten favorite in Saturday’s Preakness, will head to Saratoga shortly and may contest the Belmont, his trainer said.
Seize the Grey gave trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh Preakness victory as Derby day runners took the top three spots at PImlico.
Bob Baffert will gun for a ninth Preakness Stakes with morning line favorite Muth, given the nod over Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
Kentucky Derby winner galloped Saturday morning and afterwards his trainer, Ken McPeek, said it was on to Baltimore for the Preakness.
Mystik Dan, trending towards a start in the 149th Preakness Stakes, has been teamed up with Preakness-winning jockey Robbie Albarado as his morning pilot.
Rattle N Roll just ran down Speed Bias on the money to take the Pimlico Special, a win that trainer Ken McPeek said packs more punch than you might expect.
Hayes Strike, who’d been keeping high-level company, proved too much for his rivals in Saturday’s Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park.