On Racing

On Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico, Gun Song returned Mark Hennig and R. Lee Lewis to a prominent stage and gave them a treasured thrill as the 3-year-old Gun Runner filly notched a 3 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2)

Paco Lopez rides the 5-year-old daughter of Gun Runner to 5 3/4-length runaway. Odds-on favorite defeats Musical Mischief as she breaks a three-race losing streak.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux was winning so often May 17 at Pimlico Race Course that she didn’t have a chance to celebrate. She capped off her first three-win day in the Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) with Pyrenees.

Day 3 of the under tack show was not quite as fast as the prior day, with no horses coming in under :10 for a furlong. The fastest for the day was Hip 401, a Bolt d’Oro filly out of the Wavertree Stables consignment, who stopped the clock at :10.

Paul Verderosa & Jonathon Kinchen look ahead to the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes and Grade 3 Vagrancy Stakes.

Mystic Lake played catch-me-if-you-can in the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course May 17, and her 11 competitors were left chasing all the way to the wire.

Preakness Notebook

After spending 16 years working in corporate America, trainer Jeff Engler decided to follow his passion and begin training horses. Now, he saddles Mugatu in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course in search of his first graded win.

Of the eight horses expected to contest the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 18 at Pimlico Race Course, five were six-figure yearling auction purchases.