Special Reserve took the six-furlong Maryland Sprint Stakes Match Series (G3) in 1:08.91. Earlier in the day Mighty Mischief delivered the fifth win in Pimlico’s Chick Lang Stakes (G3) for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.

The four 3-year-olds that immediately followed Medina Sprit across the finish line in the Kentucky Derby (G1)—Mandaloun, Hot Rod Charlie, Essential Quality, and O Besos—were all in action May 15 for workouts. 

Wearing a spiffy yellow tie and stylish black shades, nonagenarian Alex Campbell met his homebred Mean Mary in the winner’s circle after the $148,500 Gallorette Stakes (G3T) at Pimlico Race Course.

Twelve months ago, the thought of Savatoxl contesting a group 1 would have seemed unlikely at best, if not outright absurd. On May 15, the gelding took the Goodwood (G1) at Morphettville Racecourse.

William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s homebred Mighty Mischief delivered the fifth win in Pimlico’s Chick Lang Stakes (G3) for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. The son of Into Mischief got the six furlongs in 1:09.74.

Palace Pier ran out an impressive winner of the Lockinge Stakes (G1) May 15 at Newbury Racecourse, collecting his seventh win from eight lifetime starts.

If the start of the 146th Preakness Day card is any indication of what’s to come, it could be an agonizing day for trainer Bob Baffert.

Chad Brown won the Preakness Stakes (G1) in 2017 with Cloud Computing and is back for more with two starters, Crowded Trade and Risk Taking. Brown talks about his chances in the race and fills us in on how his horses trained up to the big event.

If the start of the 146th Preakness Day card is any indication of what’s to come, it could be an agonizing day for trainer Bob Baffert.

John and Diane Fradkin normally wouldn’t have kept Rombauer, who they planned to sell at the OBS Spring Sale. Fradkin shares his story of retaining the colt, and of getting involved in horse ownership and breeding after starting out as a horseplayer.