Horse Racing News

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.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert says that a victory by Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the May 18 Preakness Stakes and having a shot at the elusive Triple Crown would be a major boost to horse racing.

Odds-on choice Last Gunfighter collared pacesetter Eighttofasttocatch in the final furlong and drew off by 4 ¼ lengths for his sixth consecutive victory May 17 in the $300,000 Pimlico Special in Baltimore, Md.

Joel Rosario's remarkable run continued May 17 when he brought Fiftyshadesofhay from off the pace to win the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

John Gunther's Last Gunfighter, who has won five in a row since his maiden victory last October, will invade Maryland and face mostly locally based horses in the $300,000 Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course May 17.

Emollient, nine-length winner of the Ashland Stakes in April, is the 9-5 favorite in a field of nine 3-year-old fillies entered in the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb has drawn the rail in Saturday's Preakness and has been installed an overwhelming even-money favorite in the nine-horse race.