Regular rider Irad Ortiz has received a suspension, and if it’s not stayed, Haskell hopeful Social Inclusion will need a new pilot.
Social Inclusion, third in last Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, galloped a mile at Pimlico Race Course Saturday morning and heads to Belmont Park on Sunday.
Sirens blared and the police motorcycles thundered through Baltimore. Just your average, everyday police escort — for horses bound for the Preakness.
Social Inclusion’s entry into the Preakness gives his trainer, Manny Azpurua, 85, his first Preakness starter.