World Approval, reigning male turf champion, looks to make a title defense in Saturday's $250,000 Maker's Mark Dixie Stakes (G2) at Pimlico.
The 48th running of the 1 3/16-mile Pimlico Special for 3-year-olds and up attracted a solid field of nine - six of them graded-stakes winners - as one of seven stakes, four graded, worth $1.15 million in purses on a 14-race Black-Eyed Susan Day program.
Championship racing returns to legendary Pimlico Race Course for its 12 day Preakness Meet, highlighted by the 143rd running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, May 19.
Holiday Disguise & Sounds Delicious highlight the field for the 68th running of the Grade 3, $300,000 Vagrancy Hamdicap for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at Belmont Park.
The Peter Pan, historically one of the races used as a prep for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 9, runs Saturday, May 12 at Belmont Park.
Sadler's Joy & One Go All Go are both ready for the Grade 1, $700,000 Man o' War at 1 3/8 miles on the Belmont Park turf.
Justify took command at the half-mile pole and roared away to a 2 1/2-length victory over Good Magic under the lights at Churchill Downs to win the 144th running of the $2,192,000 Kentucky Derby
List & analysis of the confirmed 2018 Kentucky Derby entries and betting odds at Churchill Downs on May 5, 2018.
4-year-old Fault, posting career-high Beyer Speed figures of 96 and 101 in her last two starts on grass and dirt, will battle Vale Dori & Mended in the G3 Adoration Stakes this Sunday, May 6 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Led by Holiday Disguise, the G2 Ruffian Handicap will be run Sunday, May 6 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A purse of $250,000 will be on the line for fillies and mares four years old and upward willing to go one mile on Belmont Park's dirt track.