Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional: Hope and History
“I think we have just fantastic soil around here,” Louis Merryman said as a chilly wind whipped off the Susquehanna River near the town of Port Deposit, Maryland.
John Scheinman
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'McKenney' Scratched From Pimlico Special
Adam Staple and Jalin Stable's Page McKenney, the likely favorite for the $300,000 Pimlico Special (gr. III) May 20, was scratched the morning of the race by trainer Mary Eppler for what she described as a filling in a tendon in his left foreleg.
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Page McKenney a 'Special' Story
The ordinary horse has a grinding tenacity that wears out lesser animals and gives faster, better-bred horses fits.
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Nyquist, Exaggerator Stretch Legs at Pimlico
With the threat of early morning rain looming over Baltimore, trainer Doug O'Neill called an audible the morning of May 17 and sent out Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Nyquist to gallop at 6:08 a.m. EDT.
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Nyquist Jogs in 'Controlled Drill' at Pimlico
Under brilliant sunshine, Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Nyquist put in another morning of light work at Pimlico May 14 in preparation for the May 21 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), jogging a controlled two laps clockwise along the outer rail.
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Derby Winner Nyquist Arrives at Pimlico
Just two days after winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Reddam Racing’s Nyquist arrived at Pimlico Race Course May 9 to begin preparing to run in the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
