Preakness weekend stakes draw 483 nominations
Nearly 500 horses have been nominated to Preakness weekend stakes, the Maryland Jockey Club reported.
Nearly 500 horses have been nominated to Preakness weekend stakes, the Maryland Jockey Club reported.
The Maryland Jockey Club has announced a new two-day, Pick 3 wager, including next Friday’s G3 Pimlico Special and Saturday’s G2 Dixie and G1 Preakness.
The Maryland Racing Commission and Maryland Jockey Club today announced the security, medication, and testing protocols for Preakness weekend.
Social Inclusion, third as the favorite in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, is expected at Pimlico on Thursday to prep for the Preakness.
Filly Ria Antonia has emerged as an unexpected Preakness possible, despite her sixth place finish in the Kentucky Oaks.
Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Richmond were all among the top 20 TV markets for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
Strong Mandate, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee who’d been considered a possible Preakness starter, has been withdrawn from consideration for the race.
For Willie Delgado, California Chrome’s exercise rider, the upcoming trip to Baltimore represents a homecoming.
In today’s RaceBrief, we begin tracking the Preakness possibles, plus a regional roundup.
A twelfth-grader won the 15th annual Preakness Portraits Youth Art Contest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.