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.
Trainer Bob Baffert acknowledged Tuesday Medina Spirit’s betamethasone positive may result from an anti-fungal his team was using.
One of the most interesting horses in Saturday’s Preakness is France Go de Ina, the globetrotting Japan-based runner with a pioneering trainer.
Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Mile winner Fearless, trained by Todd Pletcher, headlines a field of 11 set for Friday’s G3 Pimlico Special.
Grade 3 winner Beautiful Gift, trained by Bob Baffert, has been installed as the morning line favorite for the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Friday at Pimlico.