Multiple graded stakes winner Somelikeithotbrown, second in the Grade 2 Dinner Party in 2020, will return for another try Saturday.
Bigger Picture, the 2017 G1 United Nations winner, aims for a second win in that race Saturday and the 3rd graded win of his 8yo season.
Trainer Mike Maker’s Sir Dudley Digges, winner of the Barbados Gold Cup, will try to add a Grade 2 win to his resume in the Dixie at Pimlico.
Bigger Picture, a 10-1 outsider, set a Monmouth Park record while narrowly upsetting yesterday’s Grade 1 United Nations Stakes.
Always Dreaming romped to a win in today’s Kentucky Derby, while mid-Atlantic hopefuls Irish War Cry and Fast and Accurate were 10th and 17th, respectively.
Pennsylvania-bred Fast and Accurate is among the longest of longshots for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — but his owner is so confident that he paid $200,000 to supplement him to the big race.
International Star is a New York-bred, but in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, he’ll carry the hopes of Marylanders Katy Voss and Bob Manfuso, who bred him.
In our latest Preakness Profile, we dig into the hard-hitting General a Rod.