With the Preakness Stakes upon us, our annual Preakness horse-by-horse analysis also makes its return, plus video of all the prep races.
John Piassek shares his thoughts on today’s 8-race Pimlico card here.
Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.
A quiet morning at Pimlico turned eventful when Preakness hopeful France Go de Ina ditched his rider and ran off. Horse and rider are fine.
Multiple graded stakes winner Somelikeithotbrown, second in the Grade 2 Dinner Party in 2020, will return for another try Saturday.
Six-time stakes winner Street Lute will try to take the next step when she faces graded foes for the first time in Friday’s G3 Miss Preakness at Pimlico.
New Jersey-bred Horologist is the lukewarm favorite in a wide-open renewal of the Grade 3 Allaire du Pont Distaff Friday at Pimlico.
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, whose status as a Preakness starter remained up in the air until Tuesday afternoon, is the 9-5 morning line favorite.
The Maryland Jockey Club will permit Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, who tested positive for betamethasone afterwards, to enter the Preakness.