Twenty years ago, Captain Bodgit finished second in the Kentucky Derby and third in the Preakness. Combined margin of defeat: two heads.
Always Dreaming is “ready to roll,” trainer Todd Pletcher said after the colt’s final day of preparation for the Grade 1 Preakness.
Lisa Bell, a small partner in Always Dreaming, says all she owns is “a nostril” – but that doesn’t make the experience any less amazing.
Undulated will look to stretch out to a mile for trainer Cal Lynch in Saturday’s Jimmy Murphy Stakes on the Preakness undercard.
Photographer Dottie Miller has spent the last week on the Pimlico backstretch. Here’s what she and her camera have seen.
Pat Schuler’s Virginia-raised filly Dance Queen has won her first two races and looks for the hat trick in Friday’s Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico.
Jockey Xavier Perez rode in the Breeders’ Cup in 2013 but has since fallen off the map. His three stakes mounts Friday are one sign he’s coming back.
Always Dreaming has been installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, and Classic Empire is 3-1.
Three-year-olds Recruiting Ready and Three Rules will square off in an intriguing renewal of the Chick Lang Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
If Senior Investment is to make an impact on the Preakness, the added distance from his last start — and the time since — will be key, says Ken McPeek.