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Sunday works: Balladeer preps for Shoemaker Mile
14+ hour, 16+ min ago (1279+ words) Balladeer, the Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship winner who most recently placed fifth in the Charles Whittingham (G2), breezed five furlongs in 1: 00. 8 at Santa Anita on Sunday morning. It was the 11th fastest of 51 works at the distance. The 7-year-old son of…...
Speed figures: See Saturday's most impressive winners
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (509+ words) Obliteration posted the day's highest Horse Racing Nation speed figure with a 137 at Laurel Park in the Chick Lang Stakes. The 3-year-old colt by Violence captured the six-furlong stakes race at 3-5 odds for his fourth career victory in nine starts....
Preakness 2026: What connections said after the race
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1042+ words) Napoleon Solo pressed the pace and held off Iron Honor to win Preakness Stakes 2026 on Saturday at Laurel park, giving trainer Chad Summers the biggest victory of his career and jockey Paco Lopez his first Triple Crown race win. Here…...
Flatter: Preakness represents the turning of a lot of pages
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (921+ words) This Preakness, the one displaced from Pimlico for the first time in 118 years, was one big turning of the page. There was Napoleon Solo, who looked more like the world beater he resembled as a Grade 1-winning 2-year-old. With his…...
Warming returns to turf and surges to Gallorette Stakes win
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (721+ words) Warming, back on turf for the first time since October, surged past Austere inside the eighth pole with a spirited late run and held off Child of the Moon by a length to win Saturday's Grade 3, $150, 000 Gallorette Stakes at Laurel…...
Speed figures: Pimlico Special winner Navajo Warrior leads Friday
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (331+ words) Navajo Warrior led all performers with a 128 Horse Racing Nation speed figure in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special on Friday at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old Candy Ride gelding, trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr. , was the 6-5 favorite in the field of 7. He…...
Preakness 2026: Napoleon Solo spies path to old success
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (823+ words) Napoleon Solo might define inscrutable. At age 2 he looked like a world beater. At age 3 he has disappointed. Maybe he was precocious. Maybe he is a one-turn horse. Maybe he had a couple bad days best left forgotten. Hard to…...
Preakness 2026: Great White's Derby fall has him trending
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (997+ words) It was a trending moment that Alex Achard never wanted. The instant nearly two weeks ago when Great White reared and flipped as he was about to be loaded into the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby. "Obviously it was…...
Preakness distance presents unique challenge at Laurel Park
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (299+ words) When it comes to two-turn races on the main track at Laurel Park, there is not a lot of data to go on. The Pimlico Special Stakes on Friday was just the second 1 3/16-mile race there in 20 years and the…...
Chat with Super Screener for Preakness Stakes insight
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (186+ words) Horse Racing Nation Chat with Super Screener for Preakness Stakes insight Super Screener includes analysis on each entrant with historical comparison, pace consideration and wagering strategy. Shutty also takes a closer look at how long shots could impact your wagers,…...