On Saturday at Fair Grounds, the featured race is the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes. The Grade 2 event offers points towards a spot in the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and will be contested at a mile and a sixteenth.
Airoforce tops the field of thirteen colts and geldings as the morning line favorite at odds of 5-2 for trainer Mark Casse. A gray son of Colonel John, he began his career on the turf and finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) before switching to conventional dirt. He won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) to earn his second graded stakes victory in November and has been training forwardly since then. Julian Leparoux will be aboard and they will break from post position ten.
Second choice at morning line odds of 3-1 is Mo Tom for trainer Tom Amoss. A bay colt from the first crop of champion Uncle Mo, he has been on the board in all five starts and has three victories. After finishing second to Airoforce in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2), he made his sophomore debut a winning one in the LeComte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds. Corey Lanerie will be in the irons and they will break from post two.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 15-1 is longshot Dolphus for trainer Joe Sharp. A chestnut son of Lookin at Lucky, he is a half-brother to Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and has two wins from three starts. He will be stepping up to graded stakes competition and was last seen winning an optional claiming race at his home base, Fair Grounds. Brian Hernandez, Jr. will be aboard and they will break from post position three.
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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