Pros at the racetrack
By: Ray Taulbot
The following is a lead is by Ray Taulbot and it is about
professional handicappers.
The calmest people at the racetrack
are the pros; the most frenetic, th
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD-TWO YEAR OLD LEAD
This week’s lead is a system concerning
two-year-olds. With the new two-year-olds upon us, take a look and save for
future use.
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Palace Malice possible for Belmont Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Palace Malice, the colt who set the blazing Kentucky Derby pace, is stabled at trainer Todd Pletcher's Belmont Park barn with future races undecided. Owned by Dogwood Stable, Palace Malice finished 12th in the 139th Run for the Roses on May 4 and is now
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Orb's co-owner takes look at colt
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Stuart Janney III, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, showed up at the Pimlico barn of trainer Shug McGaughey Thursday morning. "It's a huge sense of pride. I've been out here most mornings before the Preakness for most of my life, so it's great to bring
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Up the Backstretch: Triple Crown or bust
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - Maybe this is the year. Maybe this is the year the 35-year Triple Crown drought is finally broken. Since Affirmed last swept all three classic races for 3-year-olds - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes - several horses have won the first two events but
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Orb versus eight in 138th Preakness Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Kentucky Derby winner Orb is the even-money morning-line favorite for Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 3/16-mile event, second leg of racing's Triple Crown, attracted a field of nine 3-year-olds. Ridden by Joel R
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Animal Kingdom has workout for Royal Ascot's Queen Anne Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Ascot, England (Sports Network) - Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup, put in a workout Wednesday in England as he prepares for the Queen Anne Stakes on June 18 at Royal Ascot. Trained by Graham Motion, the 5-year-old worked five furlongs in 1:03. "Animal Kin
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Nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's Preakness
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - The 138th Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown, will have a field of nine after entries were taken Wednesday morning. The Preakness post position draw will be held at 6 p.m. (ET). Kentucky Derby winner Orb had his first look
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Seven to mix it up in Pimlico Special
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Last Gunfighter, perfect in his last five starts, will take on six challengers in Friday's $300,000 Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 3/16-mile race is conducted at the same distance as the Preakness Stakes. Trained by Chad Brown, Last Gun
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Hall of Fame rider expects Preakness to be unlike Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Speed was the major factor in determining the result in this year's Kentucky Derby. An extremely fast pace being set by Palace Malice allowed the late closing Orb to rally through the stretch and win the Run for the Roses. Hall of Fame jockey Gary S
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Emollient headlines Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Emollient, winner of the Ashland Stakes, is the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Friday's $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-old fillies is the sister event to Saturday's 138th Preakness Stakes and has a
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Hollywood Park to end thoroughbred racing with 2013
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) - Hollywood Park, site of the inaugural Breeders' Cup in 1984, will not seek racing dates for 2014. The historic track will conclude its place in thoroughbred racing with the 2013 autumn meeting. Owned by the Hollywood Park Land Company, the track firs
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Vyjack out of Preakness, nine set to start
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes, the second leg of racing's Triple Crown, will likely have a field of nine 3-year- olds after the defection Monday of Vyjack. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez informed Maryland Jockey Club officials Monday morning that Vyjack,
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Departing has final workout ahead of Preakness
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Departing, trained by Al Stall Jr., had his last workout Sunday morning in preparation for Saturday's 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. With Larry Melancon in the saddle, the Illinois Derby winner covered four- furlongs in 50 2/5 seconds over a fas
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Weekly Television Schedule
May 17 - Preakness Classics, 3-4:00pm,NBC Sports Network
- Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, 4-5:00pm, NBC Sports Network
May 18 - Preakness Stakes Saturday, Pimlico, 2:30-4:30pm, NBC Sports Network
- Preakness Stakes, 4:30-6:30pm, NBC
- Preakness Stakes Post-Race Show, Pi
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
May 17 - Pimlico: Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2), $500,000, 3yo f, 9f
- Pimlico: Pimlico Special (G3), $300,000, 3&up, 9.5f
- Pimlico: Hilltop S., $100,000, 3yo f, 8.5f T
- Pimlico: Jim McKay Turf Sprint, $100,000, 3&up, 5f T
- Pimlico: Miss Preakness S., $100,000, 3yo f, 6f
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