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DeVaux Earns Richest Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus

POSTED: May 20, 2024

Cherie DeVaux. (Maryland Jockey Club) First Female to Top Standings Thanks to Friday Stakes Triple David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. – Her first career three-win...

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Preakness149 Wrap: Doubles, Triples and Preakness Progeny

POSTED: May 20, 2024

Apple Picker gave jockey Sheldon Russell his double of the day. (Anika Miskars/Past The Wire) By Maribeth Kalinich It would be a three-grey win day...

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The Man in the Hat: Yoshito Yahagi’s Appetite for International Acclaim

POSTED: May 20, 2024

Sometimes, the broad-brimmed hat is an ostentatious purple. Other times, it is a deep crimson. And it can even be an American-style baseball hat. To...

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Cherie DeVaux’s Excellent Pimlico Adventure

POSTED: May 18, 2024

Shotgun Hottie gave DeVaux the first of three stakes on the day. (Anika Miskars/Past The Wire) Trainer Cherie DeVaux scored three stakes including the historic...

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Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination

POSTED: May 17, 2024

Smarty Jones scoring the Preakness Stakes by 11-1/2 lengths. (Jim McCue/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. – The blue-collar horse from the blue-collar track came...

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It Was a ‘Sonny’ Friday Morning at Pimlico

POSTED: May 17, 2024

Dan and Sonny show mutual love. (Maryland Jockey Club) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. – It was cloudy all over Baltimore Friday morning, but...

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McPeek, Lukas 'Entertain' at Alibi Breakfast

POSTED: May 16, 2024

Kenny McPeek with Maryland Racing Association Commissioner Bobby Lillis. (Photo courtesy of Bobby Lillis) 2024 award winners: Hillwood Stable’s Ellen Charles (Special Award of Merit),...

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2YO Maiden Special Weight ‘Picks, Plays and Pontification’ – Churchill Downs, 05/17/2024

POSTED: May 16, 2024

Churchill Downs, Race 3 – Friday, May 17, 2024 By The 2YO EdgeMan CD3:051724 – 5f on the Dirt.  A field of eight fillies will...

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Pass or Play: Mystik Dan vs Catching Freedom

POSTED: May 16, 2024

By Laura Pugh and Ashley Tamulonis When it comes to Preakness trends, one that is tried and true is that horses exiting the Kentucky Derby...

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