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05/23/2016

Where’s the Widget puts on a Steady Growth show

Eurico da Silva wasted little time in putting his charge on the lead, cruising to the front early from the outside post nine. The duo took the field through an opening quarter-mile in :23.89 and were still comfortably in front after a half-mile notched in

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05/23/2016

Exaggerator Takes a Walk, Back to Track Tuesday

“He didn’t do anything today but walk,” said Desormeaux. “We’ll probably go back to the track [Tuesday] morning.” Desormeaux said the plan is for Exaggerator to remain at Pimlico before shipping to New York Sunday to prepare for the June 11 B

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05/22/2016

Post-Race Preakness interview

Q. Kent, just take us through the race if you could? KENT DESORMEAUX: He broke very well again. And I didn't think that the rest of the field left the gates like the Kentucky Derby. In fact, no one was actually hissing at their horses or we actually kiss

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05/22/2016

Exaggerator Gives Thrilling Homecoming to Desormeauxs in Preakness

After losing to Nyquist in their previous four meetings, the 5-2 second betting choice broke through with a dominating performance at the racetrack where his jockey launched his Hall of Fame career nearly 30 years ago and his trainer apprenticed under the

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05/20/2016

Black-Eyed Susan News & Notes

Dothraki Queen won the Pocahontas (G2) by a half-length last fall and followed up running second in the Alcibiades (G1) and third to undefeated champion Songbird in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) 29 days apart at Keeneland. Promoted from fourth t

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05/19/2016

Nyquist 3-5 Morning-Line Favorite for Saturday’s Preakness

Owners Paul and Zillah Reddam, O’Neill and Gutierrez teamed for a 2012 Preakness victory with Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another, whose Triple Crown quest was thwarted by injury the day before the Belmont Stakes. Nyquist will seek to become the third

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05/15/2016

Wake Forest valiant in G1 Man o’ War

Wake Forest picked up steam in the far turn as the field converged at the top of the stretch. Deftly navigated by Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez, Wake Forest angled off the hedge and charged down the lane to sweep past his stablemate in the final yards

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05/15/2016

Unified stays unbeaten with G2 Peter Pan victory

With Jose Ortiz aboard for the 1 1/8-mile race, Unified ran comfortably in third behind longshot Singleton, who took the field of eight through fractions of 23.32 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 46.38 for the half. Moving past Supah Czech on the

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05/13/2016

Kaigun returns to Belmont in G1 Man o’ War

The ultra-consistent Kaigun, the most seasoned runner of the field with six wins from 29 lifetime races and over $1.4 million in earnings, hasn't finished worse than second in his past six starts, all against graded stakes competition. Trained by Mark Cas

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05/13/2016

Cavorting, Carrumba face off in G2 Ruffian

Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Cavorting, who picked up a pair of graded stakes wins last summer at Saratoga Race Course in the Grade 1 Test and Grade 2 Prioress before ending her 2015 campaign as an Eclipse Award finalist for Female Sprinter, will make he

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