Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan day card features big fields — the average stakes field size is over 11 — and competitive racing, including four graded events.
Illinois Derby winner Multiplier and Lexington champ Senior Investment posted their final breezes prior to scheduled Preakness starts this morning.
Royal Mo suffered a fractured sesamoid during a work this morning at Pimlico and will miss the Preakness but is expected to make a full recovery.
Gunnevera, seventh in the Kentucky Derby, became the third Preakness contender to arrive on the Pimlico backside this afternoon.
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Always Dreaming almost under cover of darkness this morning and was happy with his star’s gallop at Pimlico.
Classic Empire, foiled by a rugged trip in the Kentucky Derby, is training steadily towards a May 20 rematch in the Preakness.
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming circled Pimlico’s oval twice in the company of a pony this morning, and was “full of himself,” said trainer Todd Pletcher.
Cloud Computing, with just three starts to his credit, is training well in advance of his next start, in the Preakness May 20.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost – who recently took Santa Anita’s Big ‘Cap – will make his next start on Preakness eve in the Pimlico Special.
Pimlico opened today amid a steady rain, but jocks Victor Carrasco and Feargal Lynch didn’t mind.