On Saturday at Charles Town, the featured race is the $350,000 Charles Town Oaks. Restricted to three-year-old fillies, the race offers Grade 3 status and will be contested at seven furlongs.
Sarah Sis headlines the field of six sophomore fillies as the favorite at odds of 9-5 for trainer Ingrid Mason. A dark bay daughter of Sharp Humor, she was purchased for only $20,000 as a juvenile and has won five of her eleven starts. A multiple graded stakes winner, she is trying to move forward after finishing fourth in the Ballerina Stakes (G1) last time out. Julio Felix will be in the irons and they are scheduled to break from the rail.
Second choice at morning line odds of 5-2 is Fusaichi Red for trainer George Weaver. A chestnut daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus, she has been on the board in all seven starts and earned her first black type victory two starts back in the Miss Woodford Stakes. She was second last time out in her graded stakes debut in the Prioress Stakes (G2). Joe Bravo will be aboard and they will break from post four.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 3-1 is Temper Mint Patty for trainer Todd Pletcher. Purchased for $350,000 by Mike Repole, the dark bay daughter of Congrats has won three of her seven starts and is trying to earn her first graded stakes victory. She was third in the Fleet Indian Stakes last time out and is slated to break from post position six under jockey Luis Saez as she tries to improve off of that race.
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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