This week’s Off to the Races radio will include Colonial Downs track announcer Jason Beem and Preakness-winning trainer Mark Casse.
What we cheered — and what we jeered — during Preakness weekend at Pimlico.
Trainer Mark Casse said Sunday that War of Will, the troubled eighth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will likely come to the Preakness.
Maryland-bred Our Braintrust, now with new connections, aims to get on the Derby trail in Saturday’s G3 Withers Stakes at the Big A.
Multiple-graded stakes winner Maraud has been installed as the 5-2 favorite in the G2 Penn Mile, the feature on Penn National’s richest day.
World Approval, the Eclipse Champion turf male of 2017, will look to get on track when he tackles the Grade 2 Dixie Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
Local stakes winners Still Having Fun and VIP Code are among those who will contest Saturday’s Tesio Stakes at Laurel with a Preakness berth on the line.
Nine fillies are set to contest Saturday’s Weber City Miss at Laurel Park, which offers the winner a spot in May’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
The two-day Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale recorded solid gains, driven in part by a record-high Curlin colt.
Always Dreaming has been installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, and Classic Empire is 3-1.