On Friday, Oaklawn Park will kick off their racing season with the 37th running of the $100,000 Dixie Belle Stakes. The six-furlong contest has drawn a field of eleven three-year-old fillies.
On Friday, Oaklawn Park will kick off their racing season with the 37th running of the $100,000 Dixie Belle Stakes. The six-furlong contest has drawn a field of eleven three-year-old fillies.
Promise Me Silver has been installed as the morning line favorite at odds of 5-2 for trainer William Brett Calhoun. A gray daughter of Silver City, she will be putting her four-race undefeated streak on the line and has won three consecutive stakes races. She has delivered as the favorite in her last two races and will get a jockey change to M. Clifton Berry for the first time. Promise Me Silver will break from post position nine.
Michael Stidham will saddle the second choice, Toutsie Rules, at 3-1 odds on the morning line. A dark bay daughter of Roman Ruler, she will be making her stakes debut after a pair of victories. After breaking her maiden in her debut at Keeneland, she came back to win against optional claiming competition as the favorite at Fair Grounds last time out. Regular rider James Graham will be aboard and they will break from the rail.
Also in the field and a longshot at 30-1 on the morning line is Super Saks for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Purchased for $250,000 as a yearling, the gray daughter of Sky Mesa has yet to finish ahead of a single rival from three starts and will cut back to a sprint. Since finishing twelfth in her most recent effort, she has worked two consecutive bullets and will have Terry Thompson aboard from post position five.
The 2023 Preakness Stakes is coming up Saturday, May 20 at Pimlico! It is one of the most eagerly-awaited events of the racing year, and this is the place to […]
The Preakness Stakes is coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The second jewel of the American Triple Crown drew a field of 10 top three-year-olds. Find out the top contenders in the race, and learn the best places to place your bets!
After all the drama of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, the racing scene shifts to Pimlico Race Course in anticipation of the running of the 2019 Preakness Stakes. A couple of the high-profile contenders from the Derby are expected in the field, as well as a number of new shooters that add to the handicapping puzzle and could provide good betting value.
The field has been established for the 2016 running of the Belmont Stakes and of the thirteen contenders, there are four horses who competed in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and are moving on to the third jewel of the Triple Crown.
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