It’s been 40 years since Deputed Testamony splashed home best in the 1983 Preakness. Why hasn’t there been a Maryland-bred winner since?
Lexington Stakes winner First Mission, considered by many to be a major contender, will scratch from the Preakness because of a left hind issue.
Faiza, undefeated in California, will put her spotless record on the line in Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico.
Jockey Jaime Rodriguez has made a name in the Mid-Atlantic recently. In Saturday’s Preakness, he’ll try to make a national splash aboard Coffeewithchris.
Trainer Damon Dilodovico took Pimlico Special hopeful Armando R for $16,000 — but takes no credit for the astute claim.
In a new BackTracks: Deputed Testamony, still the most recent Maryland-bred Preakness winner, “knew what his job was,” rider Donnie Miller says.
A loose horse and a good-feeling Mage could have made for an eventful morning, but in the end everything went smoothly for the Preakness favorite.
Saturday’s Grade 3 Gallorette on the turf at Pimlico has attracted an evenly matched field of turfing fillies and mares.
John Salzman, Jr. paid $2,000 to get a Ride on Curlin two-year-old he thought would be a sprinter. Saturday Coffeewithchris will run in the Preakness.
Louis and Grace Merryman’s son Max was born more than three months premature. He’ll spend his first Preakness at home in Maryland.