Locals entered Black-Eyed Susan day’s four graded stakes with high hopes, but out-of-towners recorded a clean sweep.
Jockey Xavier Perez rode in the Breeders’ Cup in 2013 but has since fallen off the map. His three stakes mounts Friday are one sign he’s coming back.
The oft-inconsistent Bodhisattva has run two straight top races. He’ll look for a hat trick in Saturday’s Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes.
It was father-son day at Laurel Park, as jockey Kendrick Carmouche and trainer Jose Corrales — and their sons — celebrated stakes wins.
American Patriot set a Delaware Park track record in the G3 Kent today, plus Bodhisattva and Green Gratto win.
Bodhisattva, winner of the 2015 Tesio, returned to Pimlico in style, cruising to an easy allowance score.
Bodhisattva, 2015 Preakness entrant and winner of the 2015 Tesio, makes his first Maryland start since tomorrow at Pimlico.
Bodhisattva, the Laurel Park-based runner who finished last in the Preakness, will try his luck in the G3 Pegasus at Monmouth, trainer Jose Corrales said.
Bodhisattva, eighth in the Preakness, will likely head to the Ohio Derby, while Talk Show Man, 11th in the Dixie, may look for a confidence builder next out.
In our Preakness profiles, we provide an in-depth look at each of the contenders for Saturday’s big race. In this one: Bodhisattva.