Tag: Preakness Stakes news

​​By David Ginsburg Kentucky Derby winner (for now) Medina Spirit and stablemate Concert Tour have been installed as the top two picks on the morning line for the $1 million Preakness (G1), a bittersweet achievement …

The narrative is already in play that War of Will’s Preakness win justifies the DQ of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. Many now feel that had War of Will not been impeded with he …

Alwaysmining represents the best in local Preakness hopes and the gelded son of Stay Thirsty is carrying a six-race win streak, including five stakes. His last was close to spectacular as he captured the nine-furlong …

With so many Triple Crowns over the past few years (two from 2015-2018 is a lot after a 37-year drought!), longshots have had a tough time coming through in the classics. It’s been so tough …

The winter of 2018-2019 has been a difficult one for the sport of horse racing, aka the Sport of Kings. It has suffered from horse shortages, drug issues and 23 horses died at Santa Anita …

Since 1960, just 10 of 279 non-Kentucky Derby starters have won the Preakness Stakes. That’s a 3.6 percent win rate, a 0.36 impact value (IV) and a 0.64 odds-based impact value (OBIV). Dr. William Quirin popularized …

Grade 1 $1,500,000 Preakness Pan Stakes Pimlico, May 20  Chad Brown (trainer, Cloud Computing, 1st) “It’s unbelievable. A lot of teamwork. It couldn’t happen to greater clients than Seth Klarman and Bill Lawrence. Seth, he …

Did you drink too many mint juleps and vow to never drink again on Kentucky Derby Day? Well, it’s been two weeks — long enough to prove to your friends that you are truly sorry …

Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of all time. In the 1912 Olympic Decathlon he placed in the top four in all 10 events and scored 8,413 points — a record that stood …

Following are the owners silks for the likely runners for this year’s 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes (GI), set to be held on Saturday, May 20 at Pimlico Race Course near Baltimore, Maryland. Kentucky …

Royal Mo, who failed to draw into the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby as an also-eligible entrant, suffered a career-ending fractured sesamoid in his right front ankle while working for the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at …

Trainer Todd Pletcher gave a very positive review of Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming after watching the colt gallop once around Pimlico Race Course on May 11 in preparation for the May 20 …

Probable starters for the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 20 are Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, Lookin At Lee, Classic Empire, Gunnevera, Hence, Royal Mo, Conquest Mo Money, Cloud Computing, …