Preakness: Pletcher “happy” with River Thames
Trainer Todd Pletcher bypassed the Kentucky Derby with the lightly raced River Thames and is happy with his charge heading into the Preakness.
Trainer Todd Pletcher bypassed the Kentucky Derby with the lightly raced River Thames and is happy with his charge heading into the Preakness.
Kentucky Derby hero Sovereignty will not contest the Preakness, 1/ST Racing announced Tuesday.
For a ninth straight year, $100,000 in bonus money is on the table for trainers that run at least five horses in stakes races Preakness weekend.
Sovereignty won Saturday’s 151st Kentucky Derby with a stirring run. Now comes the waiting game: who’s coming to the Preakness?
Journalism, the likely favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is the 8-1 morning line favorite in the Preakness future wager, which opens April 25-May 3.
1/ST and The Maryland Jockey Club announced the return of its Preak Weeks initiative to spotlight Baltimore businesses.
Gosger and Bracket Buster, who ran one-two in the Lexington Stakes Saturday at Keeneland, may target the Preakness for their next start.
The project to remake Pimlico remains “on track,” the MTROA chairman said Friday, but key decisions remain.
The 150th running of the Grade 1 Preakness will take place May 17 at Pimlico Race Course and will anchor a weekend filled with 16 stakes.
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