Four MATCH Series Races At Pimlico Draw 130 Nominations Sponsored by:
The four stakes at Pimlico Race Course that kick off the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Championships Series (MATCH) attracted 130 nominations, among them many local runners that regularly compete in Maryland and other tracks in the region throughout the year.
This year s series begins May 15-16, and each of the six divisional legs there are four divisions, all on dirt this year will be held in Maryland with the exception of one stop at Colonial Downs in Virginia in late August. The MATCH Series concludes Dec. 26 at Laurel Park.
Note that entries for the Friday, May 15 card will be taken Sunday, May 9. Entries for May 16 will be taken Monday, May 10.
Nine Preakness Day Stakes At Pimlico Attract 244 Nominations Sponsored by:
A total of 244 nominations were made to nine stakes, five graded, worth $1.25 million in purses that help support the 146
th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Saturday, May 15 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.
The $1 million Preakness will go off as Race 13 on a spectacular 14-race program that begins at 10:30 a.m. ET and concludes with the UAE President Cup (G1) for Arabian horses. Preakness post time is scheduled for 6:47 p.m. ET.
Pimlico s oldest stakes race and the eighth-oldest nationwide, having debuted in 1870, the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) at 1 1/16 miles on the grass had 26 older horses nominated for its 120
Cox-Trained Adventuring, Winner Of Bourbonette Oaks, Pointed To Black-Eyed Susan Sponsored by:
Adventuring
Though he won t have a starter in next Saturday s 146th Preakness Stakes (G1), reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox plans to run a handful of horses in other stakes over Preakness weekend at Pimlico Race Course.
Among them are Bourbonette Oaks winner Adventuring in the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) for 3-year-old fillies on Preakness eve, May 14. The daughter of Pioneerof the Nile ran in three straight off-the-turf races to begin her career with a third, a second and a victory before taking the Bourbonette over Turfway s Park s all-weather surface.
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$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes
Tesio Tops Saturday’s $750,000 Spring Stakes Spectacular Program
BALTIMORE – Championship racing returns to legendary Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 23-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 146
th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, May 15.
The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the 1 3/16-mile Preakness anchors 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.25 million in purses on a program that includes the 120
th edition of the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) for 3-year-olds and up on turf, Pimlico’s oldest stakes race and the eighth-oldest in the country, debuting in 1870.
Preakness Meet At Pimlico Opens Thursday, April 22 Sponsored by:
Championship racing returns to legendary Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 23-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 146th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, May 15.
The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the 1 3/16-mile Preakness anchors 10 stakes, six graded, worth $2.25 million in purses on a program that includes the 120th edition of the $250,000 Dinner Party (G2) for 3-year-olds and up on turf, Pimlico s oldest stakes race and the eighth-oldest in the country, debuting in 1870.
Other graded-stakes on the Preakness undercard are the $200,000 Chick Lang (G3) for 3-year-olds sprinting six furlongs, $150,000 Gallorette (G3) for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/16 miles on the grass, $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) at six furlongs for 3-year-olds and up, and $100,000 Arabian Derby (G1) for Arabian 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles.