The Maryland Jockey Club has adopted a wait-and-see posture towards the possibility of Medina Spirit’s running in the Preakness.
France Go de Ina, the Japan-based Preakness contender, arrived at Pimlico Saturday evening to begin final preparations.
Crowded Trade, Risk Taking, and Unbridled Honor – all New York-based runners from powerful barns – had their final pre-Preakness moves Saturday.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air May 8 with Preakness banter, including interviews with bloodstock agent Gary Young on Medina Spirit and Kate Hunter on France Go de Ina.
Withers winner Risk Taking, seventh as the favorite in the Wood Memorial, will make his next start in the Preakness, trainer Chad Brown said.
Midnight Bourbon, a rallying sixth in the Kentucky Derby, will face the starter in the May 15 Preakness, trainer Steve Asmussen said.
Trainer Brad Cox said today he would not start either Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun or Arkansas Derby runner-up Caddo River in the Preakness.
Nominations for nine undercard stakes on Preakness day were released Thursday, with 244 total nominations.
France Go de Ina, the Japan-based Preakness contender, is now quarantined in Los Angeles and slated to make the trip to Baltimore May 8.
Keepmeinmind, who rallied from the rear to finish seventh in the Kentucky Derby, will likely run back in the Preakness, his trainer said.