Stablemates Bye Bye Melvin, English Bee Headline Competitive Field In Dinner Party Sponsored by:
Calumet Farm s English Bee (inside) wins the Virginia Derby over Jais’s Solitude for trainer H. Graham Motion under jockey Jorge Vargas Jr.
Grade 3-winning stablemates Bye Bye Melvin and English Bee will take on the imposing pair of Kuramata and Grade 1-placed Sacred Life as well as Grade 2 winner Somelikeithotbrown in a competitive edition of Saturday s $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) at Pimlico Race Course.
The 120th running of the 1 1/16-mile Dinner Party for 3-year-olds and up on the grass is part of a spectacular 14-race program featuring 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.25 million in purses headlined by the 146th renewal of the Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.