A dozen years after coming to national prominence with Afleet Alex, trainer Tim Ritchey is happy with a modest 12-horse string at Delaware Park.
Locals entered Black-Eyed Susan day’s four graded stakes with high hopes, but out-of-towners recorded a clean sweep.
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.
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.
