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.
Trainer Rodney Jenkins expects to run two horses — Shimmering Aspen and Top of Mind — in graded stakes Preakness weekend.
Pimlico track announcer Dave Rodman has seen — and is ready for — just about everything that can happen on a Preakness (or any other) day.
Kentucky Derby champ Always Dreaming woke up at Churchill Downs, and one flight, and one police escort, later he arrived at Pimlico looking bright-eyed and happy.
Always Dreaming was 9-2 when he won the Kentucky Derby. What’ll he be in the Preakness? Recent races provide some guidance.
Pimlico’s opening day Thursday will coincide with the return from injury of jockey Victor Carrasco, who missed about five weeks with a fractured scapula.
A photo by Rob Carr of Exaggerator in the homestretch of the Preakness has won the Jerry Frutkoff Preakness Photograph Award.