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Steve Asmussen Edges Mike Maker In Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen edged defending champion Mike Maker to claim the top prize of $50,000 for the third time in five years in the Maryland Jockey Club's $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course. Asmussen started 11 horses in 10 stakes over the two days, finishing with 54 points. On May 15 he ran first and second with Mighty Mischief and Jaxon Traveler in the $2...

Harpers First Ride Returns With New Connections For 2021 Pimlico Special Sponsored by: Harper's First Ride and Angel Cruz winning the Grade 3 Pimlico Special in 2020 His owner, trainer and jockey will be different, but the scenery will be the same for Harpers First Ride when the defending champion returns to the site of his biggest victory in the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at Pimlico Race Course. The 51st running of the Pimlico Special, on the eve of the 146th Preakness Stakes (G1), is one of six stakes, four graded, worth $1 million in purses on a spectacular 14-...

Sponsored by: Calm before the storm: Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality one week before the Run for the Roses Godolphin's likely Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Essential Quality worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 early Saturday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., to headline a quintet of hopefuls for the 147 th Run for the Roses that put in their final works for the 1 ¼-mile classic. Also working on a cloudy but pleasant morning beneath the Twin Spires were Juddmonte Farms' Mandaloun (five furlongs in 1:00), Klaravich Stables' Highly Motivated (five furlongs in 1:0...

Rispoli, Stevens Removed From Plane En Route to Saudi Cup; Velazquez Stymied in Miami Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:28 pm | Back to: Top News Updated: February 19, 2021 at 1:24 pm Sue Finley Several major shifts in riding assignments were underway Friday morning after Umberto Rispoli and John Velazquez were not allowed to fly to Saudi Arabia due to a mixup in flight arrangements Wednesday and problems with COVID-19 restrictions Thursday. Ron Anderson, the agent for Velazquez and Rosario, said that Mickael Barzalona would ride Max Player (Honor Code), that William Buick would be aboard T...

Sponsored by: Umberto Rispoli, John Velazquez, and retired rider-turned-broadcaster Gary Stevens will not make this year's Saudi Cup after a series of travel headaches related to overbooked flights and COVID-19 test timelines.  The trio, along with jockey Joel Rosario, arrived at airports Wednesday to discover their tickets had been cancelled. Rispoli, Stevens and Rosario were flying out of LAX and Velazquez from Miami. They were told Qatar Airways had double booked the second leg of their journeys from Doha, Qatar, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and when the extra booking was cancelled,...