Chip Honcho will skip Derby, await Preakness
Gun Runner Stakes winner Chip Honcho, whose 49 points put him squarely in the Kentucky Derby starting gate, will skip that race and await the Preakness.
Gun Runner Stakes winner Chip Honcho, whose 49 points put him squarely in the Kentucky Derby starting gate, will skip that race and await the Preakness.
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Churchill Downs’s purchase of the Preakness IP rights has some fearing the worst, others hoping for the best, and could mean not much at all.
Off since November of 2021, jockey Julian Pimentel will make his return to riding this weekend at Laurel Park, his first mounts in almost five years.
The Belinda Stronach era of Maryland racing ends with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a “what just happened?”
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Which Maryland and Laurel Park jockeys and trainers are having a good meet? Who’s doing better than you’d think? Or heating up now? Answers within.
The Preakness future wager kicks off Saturday and runs until shortly before the May 2 Kentucky Derby.
The $85 million transaction will give Churchill Downs control of all trademarks and associated rights of the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Taj Mahal, dominant winner of the Federico Tesio Stakes Saturday, will be pointed to the Grade 1 Preakness, his connections said.