Grade 1 winner Noble Bird heads a strong contingent of Pimlico-bound runners for trainer Mark Casse.
Local stars Ben’s Cat and Page McKenney, as well as national names like Untapable and I’m a Chatterbox highlight Pimlico’s Preakness-even stakes nominations.
Perfect weather helped fuel big jumps in handle and attendance on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico.
Narrowly beaten in his only two previous graded-stakes attempts, Cat Burglar will get another chance in Friday’s Sagamore Racing Pimlico Special (G3).
Adam Staple claimed Page McKenney for $16,000 with no idea how he’d turn out. Now, $600,000 later, he says the Pimlico Special is “the one I really want.”
A rugged group of horses – including Top Billing, multiple graded winner Commissioner, and local hero Page McKenney – is set for Friday’s Pimlico Special.
Top Billing posted a morning breeze in preparation for Friday’s Grade 3 Pimlico Special.
Page McKenney, recently third in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, and ageless Ben’s Cat are both on track for Black-Eyed Susan day stakes.
Sagamore Racing will sponsor the 2015 Pimlico Special, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today, and donate to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
Kid Cruz — eighth in last year’s Preakness — is looking to return to Old Hilltop in style when he runs in the G3 Pimlico Special on Black-Eyed Susan day.