#Maryland Jockey Club

The official state song "Maryland, My Maryland" will not be performed before the Preakness next month because the lyrics are perceived by some to be racist. A spokesperson for Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness, said Friday the tradition of playing the song before the race will be scrapped on Oct. 3, when the Triple Crown series comes to…

While the vision for the future of the Preakness continues to improve and excite, the economic reality grows dimmer and more desperate. Under a law passed last April, the Maryland Stadium Authority was required to submit two progress reports to House and Senate Committees, the first by Sept. 30, 2022, and the second by Jan. 1, 2023. The racing…

Kentucky Derby 147 champ Medina Spirit will run from the No. 3 spot in the gate at Pimlico in the 146th Preakness Stakes on May 15 with Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert agreeing to a special set of conditions after the colt failed his post-Derby drug test. He opens as the 9-5 favorite. The 2021 Preakness Stakes will air on Saturday, May 15 from 2…

Bobby Flay's homebred Pizza Bianca (#4 outside) under Jose Ortiz on her way to winning the Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico May 20, 2022, and earning Black Type. (Maryland Jockey Club photo) By Maribeth Kalinich There's a phenomenon happening in North America. Turf races are booming. That is in part thanks to more European horses coming across the pond to…

The rains stopped at Pimlico Thursday morning just as Kentucky Derby winner Justify (pictured) stepped out to test the track in preparation for Saturday's Preakness. Photo courtesy of Maryland Jockey Club The sun didn't shine on My Old Kentucky Home on Derby Day this year and it's unlikely to shine on Saturday's Preakness, either. But for Derby…

The winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby will not be racing in this year's Preakness Stakes, as Rich Strike's team has its eyes on the Belmont Stakes. That means that once again, it will be anyone's race. That's not just a figure of speech, either. Rich Strike was the longest shot to win the Derby, but he managed to win the run for the roses by less…

Malibu Moonshine breaking her maiden on a super sloppy track by 6 lengths at Pimlico Sept. 9. (Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club) By David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Happy Face Racing Stable's Malibu Moonshine, scratched as a top contender from last month's Maryland Million with a fever, returns to Laurel Park to make her Maryland and…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Baxter Racing Stable's Swayin to and Fro, showing a new dimension, took advantage of her inside draw to lead all the way around and edge clear late to notch her second career stakes victory in Saturday's $100000 Safely Kept at Laurel Park. The 32 running of the Safely Kept for 3-year-old fillies was…

Early Voting Set for Preakness; Zandon Decision Pending BALTIMORE, Md. - Trainer Chad Brown has not decided whether he will have one or two runners in the 147th Preakness (G1) on May 21 at Pimlico Race Course. Klaravich Stables' Early Voting (Gun Runner) is on course for the 1 3/16-mile Preakness, while Brown said that he is still considering a run…

After a record-setting $28.1 million was bet at Keeneland for Blue Grass Day, Week 2 of the four-week spring meet features five more prominent stakes races going off Friday or Saturday. The Kentucky Derby trail quiets a bit after a flurry of major preps in recent weeks, but potential Preakness players will be in action in Keeneland's Lexington…

Whereshetoldmetogo winning last year's edition of the Bender by a neck. Photo by Jim McCue/MJC David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Defending champion Whereshetoldmetogo, a 13-time career stakes winner, and graded-stakes winners Cordmaker and Double Crown top 24 horses nominated to the $75000 Howard & Sondra Bender Memorial Friday, Nov.…

There were 31 winning tickets on Friday's final Stronach 5 with each ticket worth $3452.30. The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a low 12 percent takeout. The Stronach started with $4 winners in Laurel's eighth race (Fly Me Home) and Gulfstream's eighth's race…

Jesus's Team winning the 2020 Claiming Crown Jewel. Photo by Lauren King David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Jesus' Team has made more than a million dollars the hard way, outgrowing his claiming roots to knock heads with the best horses in training and more than holding his own. The 5-year-old son of Tapiture will make his…

With fans watching at home instead of cheering from the stands, the 145th running of the Preakness Stakes, the final race in the Triple Crown, is set to take place on Saturday at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Traditionally the middle jewel of the American Triple Crown held after the Kentucky Derby and before the Belmont Stakes,…

Future Plans for other Preakness Starters BALTIMORE, Md. - Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing LLC and trainer Kenny McPeek's Creative Minister, who finished third in Saturday's Preakness (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, will be pointed toward the Belmont Stakes (G1) June 11 at Belmont Park. McPeek said the colt will likely have a couple of half-mile…

Quotes and other information from a Maryland Jockey Club release Respect the Valleys, Karmac Stable and Designated Hitters Racing's Roan Burgundy is entered in Saturday's $150000 Laurel Futurity two weeks following a professional 1 ¾-length debut victory going six furlongs Sept. 16 on the main track at Pimlico Race Course. The Futurity, one of five…

LAUREL, Md. - Robin Doser and Metropolitan Thoroughbreds have sold a majority interest in 3-year-old colt Mo Money Mo Honey, undefeated in three career starts, to Mike Repole. By Uncle Mo, campaigned by Repole to the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male of 2010 before becoming an influential sire, Mo Money Mo Honey has been transferred from…

Sophomore Gelding Set to Run in $100000 James W. Murphy on Grass BALTIMORE, Md. - It's back to the grass for J R Sanchez Racing Stable's Shake Em Loose after the claimer-turned-multiple stakes winner on dirt breezed over Laurel Park's world-class turf course Sunday morning. Working in company with 6-year-old stakes-winning mare Can the Queen, Shake…

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LAUREL, Md. - Given his breeding, Yurie Pascarella, Carl Pascarella and Herringswell Racing Club II's Hendrickson arrived at the races this year with great expectations. A son of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist and grandson of Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Birdstone, he is out of the stakes-winning mare Thank You Marylou, named in honor of Marylou…

We're just five weeks from the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, and final rehearsals are taking place around the world. Santa Anita's fall meet opens Friday with a welcome sign for prospects across as many as 10 divisions, while Belmont-at-Aqueduct hosts superstar Life Is Good for Saturday's Woodward Stakes. Meanwhile, Kentucky Derby…

The magic of the Preakness Stakes stems in part from its spot on the calendar: right in the middle of the Triple Crown series. That means that most years the Kentucky Derby winner comes to Baltimore in hopes of taking the next step toward one of sport's most difficult achievements. This year, of course, being in the middle of the series also means…

BALTIMORE, Md.- With her lone mount of the day an early scratch, jockey Forest Boyce joined host Tim Tullock as an on-air analyst for Friday's broadcast of the nine-race program from historic Pimlico Race Course. Boyce, a four-time meet champion in Maryland who turns 38 next month, first got a taste for on-air analysis over the summer at Colonial…

BALTIMORE, Md.- Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Michael Caruso's Grade 2 winner Plum Ali, winless in her last three starts, faces six rivals as she chases a fifth career stakes victory in Saturday's $100000 All Along at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 51 running of the All Along for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles on the grass is…