Preakness Stakes Press Conference
Comments from the connections of Preakness Stakes winner Justify, including trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Mike Smith.
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Ritvo: Preakness Could Become Elite Event at Laurel
The only thing that will keep Pimlico Race Course in business as a racetrack is if the Preakness Stakes (G1) stays. But the only thing that will keep the Preakness at Pimlico is if the racetrack gets revamped by the Maryland Stadium Authority.
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Preakness Stakes Wrap
Claire Crosby recaps the foggy Preakness Stakes, which saw Justify fight for the victory in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
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Nootka Sound Gets First Stakes Score in Soaring Softly
Hat Creek Racing's Nootka Sound started strong and finished even better, going nearly gate-to-wire to notch her first career stakes win in the $100,000 Soaring Softly (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park May 19.
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Miss Mo Mentum Scores Graded Win in Selene Stakes
Gary Barber's Miss Mo Mentum chased down 8-5 favorite Dixie Moon in the stretch of the $125,000 Selene Stakes (G3) to win her first graded race by a neck May 19 at Woodbine.
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Ax Man Cuts Through Competition in Sir Barton
Cutting through dense fog over a sloppy track at Pimlico Race Course, 3-year-old Ax Man led at every point of call to capture the May 19 $100,000 LARC Sir Barton Stakes and take home his third win of the season.
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Justify Emerges From the Fog to Win Preakness
In an intense, white fog at Pimlico Race Course, Justify and Good Magic, the top two finishers in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), dueled for the second prize in the Triple Crown.
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Vettori Kin Leads McPeek Exacta in Louisville
Vettori Kin (BRZ) rallied past stablemate Harlan Strong (ARG) in the final furlong to win the $100,000 Louisville Handicap (G3T) by a widening 2 1/2 lengths May 19 at Churchill Downs.
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Ultra Brat Dominates Gallorette Stakes
Alex Campbell Jr.'s homebred Ultra Brat unquestionably got a hold of the tiring, boggy turf course May 19 in the $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3T). The others? Not so much.
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Abyssinian First Winner for Cairo Prince
Hat Creek Racing's Abyssinian made it a one-horse race to become the first winner for her sire, Cairo Prince, in a Belmont Park $100,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies May 19.
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Mitole Runs Them Off Their Feet in Chick Lang
Mitole earned his fourth career victory in what has become his trademark blowout fashion, when he headed every point of call of his 6 1/4-length cakewalk in the $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
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Fire Away Takes Rail to Victory in Off-Turf Dixie
The connections of Fire Away were looking forward to running in the $250,000 Dixie Stakes (G3T) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course even before champion male turf horse World Approval scratched in rainy Baltimore.
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Tap Daddy Takes Field Gate to Wire in Murphy
Winchell Thoroughbreds' homebred Tap Daddy went gate-to-wire for a commanding 6 1/2-length victory in the off-the-turf James W. Murphy Stakes on the Preakness Stakes (G1) undercard May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
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Rhododendron Edges Lightning Spear, Males in Lockinge
Filly Rhododendron (IRE), campaigned by owners associated with Coolmore, just pipped Lightning Spear (GB) in a thrilling finish to the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (Group 1) at Newbury May 19.
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Preakness Scene Setter with Claire Crosby
Preakness day video update with Claire Crosby on May 19, 2018.
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Fasig-Tipton Under Tack Show Set for Sunday
Fasig-Tipton has announced that the third and final under tack workout session in preparation for the Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET May 20.
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McCrocklin Tests the Midlantic Juvenile Market
For the first time, Ocala, Fla.,-based horseman Tom McCrocklin has sent a group to Timonium, Md., for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds that takes place May 21-22.
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Rain Continues to Affect Pimlico on Preakness Day
The poncho will replace the fascinator as the fashion of choice for the 143rd Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.
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Song of Spring Goes Last to First in DuPont Distaff
Slathered in mud and bounding for home, Song of Spring proved that a sloppy track was no issue as she sprinted from last to get up in the final strides of the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (G3).
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Souper Striking Gets First Stakes Win in Hilltop
Souper Striking turned the six-horse $100,000 Hilltop Stakes into a one-woman show during her frontrunning 6 1/4-length victory over the soft Pimlico Race Course turf Friday.
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Red Ruby Gets the Trip, Takes Black-Eyed Susan in Slop
With a dream trip on a surface she loves, the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) could not have gone any better for Red Ruby May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.
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Irish War Cry Rewards Patience With Pimlico Special Win
On a rainy day at Pimlico Race Course, a year removed from the Triple Crown campaign that resulted in a runner-up finish in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), Irish War Cry came through in the $300,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3).
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Imprimis Takes Jim McKay Turf Sprint, Remains Unbeaten
Imprimis remained unbeaten in four starts when he raced just off a tepid pace set by Rocket Heat and took over at the head of the lane on his way to capturing the five-furlong test over boggy going at Pimlico Race Course.
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'Bob and Wayne Show' Hard to Beat at Preakness
For all the greats that have laid claim to the Woodlawn Vase in the 143-year-old history of the Preakness Stakes (G1), no trainers in the modern era have worked the 1 3/16-mile race the way Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas have.
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Happy Like a Fool Speeds to Miss Preakness Victory
Entering the $150,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3), Happy Like a Fool had never encountered a wet track in three starts on dirt, but thrived on the off track May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.
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O'Brien Enters Four in 16-Horse Lockinge Stakes
A stacked field of 16 has been declared for the first older horse group 1 of the British season at Newbury May 19, the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes.
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Vertical Oak Splashes to Victory in Skipat Stakes
Vertical Oak found the sloppy going at Pimlico Race Course to her liking May 18, as the 4-year-old filly wore down pacesetter Ms Locust Point to post a 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Skipat Stakes.
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Brette Named Head Trainer at Lambholm South
Peter Brette has been appointed head trainer at Lambholm South, the storied training center located in Marion County, Fla.
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Baffert's Preakness Success Points to a Justify Win
For the third time in the past four years, the weatherman says there is an excellent chance the Preakness Stakes (G1) will be run in the muck and mire. That was also the case when American Pharoah (2015) and Exaggerator (2016) came splashing home.
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Preakness Stakes Week 2018
Images from the days leading up to the 143rd Preakness Stakes
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Preakness News Update for May 18
Reporting from Pimlico Race Course, Claire Crosby shares updates on morning track appearances from Justify, Quip, Sporting Chance, Bravazo, and Good Magic.
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Brisk Activity at Fasig-Tipton Sale Grounds
It was business as usual at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale grounds the morning of May 18, a day after the final under tack workouts in preparation for next week's 2-year-old sale were rescheduled due to track conditions.
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Jockey, Author, Photographer Raymie Woolfe Dies at 82
Raymond G. "Raymie" Woolfe Jr., of Troy, Va., died May 10 in Charlottesville. Born in New York, N.Y., July 31, 1935, he was the son of trainer Raymond G. Woolfe Sr., and Ruth Ferguson Woolfe.
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Preakness Stakes: Chad Brown on Good Magic
Chad Brown talks about Good Magic's prospects for the Preakness Stakes.
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Justify Goes Out Early for Final Preakness Gallop
Justify went out for his final pre-Preakness Stakes (G1) gallop in the dark May 18 at Pimlico Race Course, about three hours earlier than he hit the track the day prior, and Bob Baffert had a simple explanation as to why he changed things up.
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Six Pack Gal First Winner for Boisterous
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds' homebred Six Pack Gal was the first starter and first winner for the stable's freshman sire Boisterous when she rolled to an impressive debut score at Santa Anita Park May 17.
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John Servis Back at the Preakness After 14 Years
Bringing Diamond King to Baltimore has been very different than when Smarty Jones made his bid in 2004. The atmosphere at Servis' base in Bensalem, Pa., leading up to the Preakness was that of everyday business.
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Keeler Johnson’s Preakness Stakes 143 Selections
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes (G1).
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Fasig-Tipton Sellers, Buyers Adapt to Schedule Change
Safety first. That was the takeaway by buyers and sellers following the decision by Fasig-Tipton to reschedule the final session of workouts in preparation for next week's Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale from May 17 to Sunday, May 20.
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Almond Eye, Lucky Lilac Meet Again in Japanese Oaks
Daughters from the first crops of sires Orfevre and Lord Kanaloa are among the favorites for the May 20 renewal of the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, G1) at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Robinson Expects Big Effort from Cambodia in Gallorette
Cambodia, a 6-year-old homebred by War Front, won the Gallorette last year by two lengths. The victory launched a strong campaign that saw her win a pair of grade 2 races followed by a third in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T).
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World Approval Chases Return to Form in Dixie Stakes
Trainer Mark Casse said Live Oak Plantation's 6-year-old Northern Afleet gelding, who won the 1 1/16-mile Dixie on good going last year, isn't bothered by a rain-softened course.
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Kentucky-Bred Roaring Lion King of the Dante
Qatar Racing's Roaring Lion landed a dominant score in the Betfred Dante Stakes (G2) at York May 17, putting away eight rival 3-year-old colts in emphatic style.
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Strategy Could Play a Big Part in the Preakness
Slop or no slop, the Preakness Stakes looks pretty cut-and-dried on paper, or perhaps it should be cut-and-wet. The likely sloppy track will be nothing new to Justify and Good Magic, the two standout horses who dominate the morning line odds.
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Geroux Gets Next Classic Chance With Quip
Barely a decade into his career, jockey Florent Geroux is running low on significant obstacles still to conquer—save for three big stumbling blocks designed to make the best of the best question if they've met their match.
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Preakness News Update for May 17
Reporting from Pimlico Race Course on a rainy morning, Claire Crosby shares updates on morning track appearances from Justify, Good Magic, Bravazo, Quip, Diamond King, and Lone Sailor.
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Preakness Stakes: Bob Baffert on Justify
Bob Baffert talks about how Justify is settling in at Pimlico Race Course and his thoughts on Saturday's forecast for the Preakness Stakes (G1).
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Rains Part for Justify in First Spin at Pimlico
Dodging the worst of the weather, Justify had as ideal a morning as possible in his first trip over the Pimlico Race Course surface since arriving for his expected run in the middle leg of the Triple Crown.
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TOBA May Member of the Month
Best known for breeding top-class horses, Ramona Seeligson Bass herself was bred to be a horsewoman.
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Experts at ARC: Illegal Betting Enormous Threat
Martin Purbrick, director of security & integrity at The Hong Kong Jockey Club, provided an overview of the enormity of illegal betting and its threat to the integrity and financial health of the racing industry.
