As is often the case in Baltimore, high-brow and low-brow shared an easy coexistence on Preakness day, while it was in-with-the-new on the track.
The Racing Biz today released its latest In Focus wagering guide, to Pimlico’s biggest day of the year: Preakness day.
Maryland’s Throughbred industry has made real strides in recent years. But the coming years pose complicated challenges of their own.
Trainer Larry Jones is back doing what he loves to do: training horses at Delaware every morning and sending out winners in the afternoon.
Narrowly beaten in his only two previous graded-stakes attempts, Cat Burglar will get another chance in Friday’s Sagamore Racing Pimlico Special (G3).
Both of trainer Bob Baffert’s Preakness contenders — American Pharoah and Dortmund — made their first trips to the Pimlico track today.
The Racing Biz today released its latest In Focus wagering guide, to Black-Eyed Susan day’s seven stakes at Pimlico.
Robin Graham trainee Gypsy Judy, winner of Laurel Park’s Wide Country Stakes, will fish in deeper waters in Friday’s G2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy will turn 21 on Saturday and ride in his first Preakness. It’s heady stuff, but he’s keeping his feet on the ground.
In today’s Preakness news, preparations continue — and Mr. Z changes hands and enters the fray.