Horse Racing News on May 18, 2013

Calumet Farm's Skyring, winless in 11 starts since a victory at Pimlico Race Course last May, found the winner's circle again at the Maryland track in the $300,000 Longines Dixie Stakes.

Pressed all the way on a fast pace, favored Glorious View refused to give way in the stretch in her stakes debut, capturing the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap May 18 at Belmont Park.

Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.

Summer Applause ground her way to the lead in the stretch in the $148,500 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes Presented by Toyota, then held off Sea Island for a two-length win May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

Running for the first time in 2013, Michael Dubb's Sage Valley earned his fourth straight victory in a row when he took the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico Race Course May 18.

Benefiting from a quick start, Pianist set a fast pace en route to a gate-to-wire victory in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap Presented by Kaiser Permanente on the May 18 Preakness Stakes undercard at Pimlico Race Course.

With the forecast calling for a high temperature of 70 degrees and a strong possibility of rain for the 138th Preakness Stakes, the Maryland Jockey Club could be hard-pressed to surpass last year's record crowd of 121,309 at Pimlico Race Course.