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Lukas leaning toward running Seize the Grey in Belmont Stakes
David GreningMay 19,2024
BALTIMORE - Seize the Grey came out of his front-running, Preakness upset victory Saturday “very well” trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Sunday morning, and will be considered for a start in the $2 mill
Preakness: Seize the Grey leads all the way; Mystik Dan second
David GreningMay 18,2024
BALTIMORE - He may walk a little slower and with use of a cane, but the 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas, with the help of a 25-year-old accomplice in the saddle, pulled off a $2 million heist Satur
2024 Preakness: Official results, payouts, and order of finish
DRF StaffMay 18,2024
Official results and payouts for the 149th running of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on May 18, 2024, at Pimlico.1. (#6) Seize The Grey$21.60 $8.40 $4.402. (#5) Mystik Dan$4.20 $2.80
Preakness wagering rises from last year; full-card betting about even
Matt HegartyMay 18,2024
Total betting on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore was up 6.7 percent compared to last year, when handle on the race suffered from a short field, according to charts of
Preakness 2024: Mystik Dan finds himself in unexpected role as favorite
David GreningMay 16,2024
BALTIMORE – From hunter to hunter to hunted.Despite his narrow victory at 18-1 in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, Mystik Dan was likely going to play the underdog role again in Saturday’s 14
Preakness 2024: Lukas provides the jokes at Alibi Breakfast
David GreningMay 16,2024
BALTIMORE – If this training thing doesn’t work out for D. Wayne Lukas, perhaps he’ll have a future in stand-up comedy.Lukas provided most of the comic relief at the annual Alibi Breakfast,
Preakness: Loyalty the key to McPeek-Hernandez partnership
David GreningMay 16,2024
BALTIMORE – Kenny McPeek acknowledged that in his younger days as a trainer, he would get enamored chasing the big-name jockeys such as Pat Day or Jerry Bailey to ride for him.As time went on, M
It's the end of Pimlico as we know it, and the people feel fine
Matt HegartyMay 16,2024
Racegoers at Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore will be the last to see the race conducted in front of the historic Pimlico grandstand and clubhouse.For nearly all of those witnesses, that
Muth to scratch from Preakness after spiking a fever
David GreningMay 15,2024
BALTIMORE – Bob Baffert looked at his phone shortly after 5 a.m. Pacific time Wednesday morning and saw an incoming call from his assistant Jimmy Barnes, who was across the country at Pimlico.
Preakness: Mystik Dan enjoys the calm in routine gallop
David GreningMay 14,2024
BALTIMORE -- Mystik Dan took another leisurely stroll over the Pimlico main track Tuesday morning, galloping about 1 1/2 miles over a fast main track as preparations for Saturday’s $2 million Preakn
Preakness 2024: Muth made 8-5 morning-line favorite in field of nine
David GreningMay 13,2024
BALTIMORE – Muth beat Mystik Dan by 6 1/4 lengths in the Arkansas Derby two months ago at Oaklawn Park, and though the latter has since come back to win the Kentucky Derby, Muth was installed as the
Catching Freedom definite for Preakness Stakes, Cox says
David GreningMay 12,2024
Catching Freedom, the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby winner who finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby on May 4, will make his next start in Saturday’s $2 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, trainer Brad C
McPeek confirms Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan for Preakness
David GreningMay 11,2024
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in the $2 million Preakness Stakes next Saturday at Pimlico, trainer Ken McPeek confirmed Saturday.Mystik Dan was scheduled to arrive at Pimlico by mid-af
Preakness: Muth, Imagination work in company; ship east on Tuesday
David GreningMay 10,2024
Muth and Imagination, potentially the top two betting favorites for the $2 million Preakness Stakes on May 18, put in their final workouts for the race Friday at Santa Anita going six furlongs in comp
2024 Preakness Stakes: Tuscan Gold scratches out of Peter Pan to join field
David GreningMay 09,2024
Tuscan Gold, the third-place finisher in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, was to scratch from Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Aqueduct and will run in the $2 million Preakness Stakes on
Preakness: Mystik Dan jogs, gallops; Uncle Heavy, Mugatu join field
David GreningMay 08,2024
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan returned to the track Wednesday at Churchill Downs, jogging a mile and galloping a mile, but trainer Kenny McPeek reiterated his stance that he will wait several more
Preakness: Mugatu confirmed for race; Bravo has mount
David GreningMay 07,2024
Mugatu, who entered the Kentucky Derby but failed to draw in from the also-eligible list, will make his next start in the $2 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 18, trainer Jeff Engler said Tue
Preakness: Baffert may have top two choices; field remains work in progress
David GreningMay 06,2024
Bob Baffert wants the lead-up to the $2 million Preakness to be about Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.“He’s the man of the hour and he should be,” said Baffert,
2024 Kentucky Derby: Winner Mystik Dan not definite for Preakness
David GreningMay 05,2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Ken McPeek said Sunday morning that Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is not definite to run in the $2 million Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico.After taking the tradi
Seize the Grey wins Pat Day Mile, punches ticket to Preakness
David GreningMay 04,2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said he reverted back to his old coaching days this week when it came to getting jockey Jaime Torres to ride Seize the Grey the way he wanted in
Thorpedo Anna will be considered for Preakness, but Acorn seems more likely
Nicole RussoMay 04,2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The top two finishers in the Kentucky Oaks, Thorpedo Anna and Just F Y I, emerged from their efforts in good order and could each wind up in some of the major Grade 1 races for the
Muth works five furlongs with eye on Preakness Stakes
Steve AndersenApr 21,2024
ARCADIA, Calif. - Muth, a powerful winner of the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on March 30, and Imagination, second by a neck in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 6, worked at Santa Anit
Informed Patriot punches Preakness Stakes ticket with Bath House Row victory
Mary RampelliniApr 20,2024
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Informed Patriot earned a berth into the Preakness Stakes on Saturday when he held off surging stablemate Imperial Gun for a head win in the $200,000 Bath House Row at Oaklawn Park
Informed Patriot, Imperial Gun go for Preakness berth in Bath House Row
Mary RampelliniApr 18,2024
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A berth into the Preakness Stakes will be on offer Saturday at Oaklawn Park in the $200,000 Bath House Row, which has drawn Triple Crown nominees Informed Patriot and Imperial Gu
Full field of 11 bid for Preakness berth in Tesio
Dan IllmanApr 18,2024
LAUREL, Md. – The gang’s all back together on Saturday at Laurel Park as the top-five finishers from last month’s Private Terms face off in the $125,000 Federico Tesio Stakes for 3-year-olds at
Hawthorne returns Saturday; Illinois Derby back as Preakness prep
Matt HegartyMar 20,2024
Win, place, and show bets at Hawthorne Race Course outside of Chicago will continue to have the lowest takeout rate in the country when the track opens its meet on Saturday with a nine-race card.T
Brown pointing Tuscan Gold to Preakness
David GreningMar 29,2024
INDIANTOWN, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown said Tuscan Gold, third in the March 24 Louisiana Derby, will be pointed to the Preakness on May 18, trainer Chad Brown.Tuscan Gold, who won his first two s
Seize the Grey has Preakness possibilities, Lukas says
Mary RampelliniMar 10,2024
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas knows a Preakness prospect when he sees one as a six-time winner of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, and he’s hoping Seize the Grey could develop into a cand
1/ST Racing announces owner bonus program for Preakness, California Crown, Pegasus World Cup
Steve AndersenMar 01,2024
The parent company of Gulfstream Park, Pimlico, and Santa Anita - 1/ST Racing - announced on Friday a lucrative bonus program for owners that will begin this spring and link three major dirt and turf
Nysos made 4-1 top choice in first Preakness Future Wager pool
Matt HegartyFeb 28,2024
Nysos, the undefeated 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, has been made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for the first Preakness Stakes Future Wager pool, which opens Thursday.Like other horses t
