Vertical Oak overpowered favored Ms Locust Point to take Friday’s $100,000 Skipat Stakes at Pimlico.
The Preakness has been run at three different tracks in two different states, but despite its checkered past, there’s been one constant…
Maryland-based trainer Mike Trombetta will send out some contenders this weekend at Pimlico and greets the big days as a chance to tackle the best in the business.
Trainer Graham Motion doesn’t have a Preakness horse this year — but he’ll saddle four favorites, two in stakes, on Black-Eyed Susan day.
Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 2013, when Oxbow spoiled another Triple Crown dream but brought Gary Stevens and D. Wayne Lukas back to the heights of victory.
Once a $5,000 claimer, Oak Bluffs may enter the McKay Turf Sprint as a logical contender for trainer Mary Eppler.
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.
Justify was installed as the 1-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, plus the full field’s odds and post positions.
Louisiana Derby runner-up Lone Sailor figures to be a Preakness longshot, but his connections are hoping for some good naval karma.
Grade 2 winner Ms Locust Point had a rough one last out in the G1 Madison, but trainer John Servis is hopeful she’ll be back on track in Friday’s Skipat.