Over two days of stakes action Preakness weekend at Laurel Park, there are 18 Maryland-breds entered across nine of the 15 stakes offered, including nearly half the field in the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint on Saturday.

Black-Eyed Susan Day, Friday, May 15

$125,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff – Race 10. Post time 4:28
TOO MANY KISSES (M/L 30-1): The 6-year-old stakes-winning daughter of Arrogate, a half-sister to graded winner Still Having Fun, won an allowance in her most recent start and will be seeking her first win at the mile and an eighth distance.
B-Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGinnes & Tim Keefe; O-Cynthia R. McGinnes and Francis J. Clemens; T-Tim Keefe.

$100,000 The Very One – Race 11. Post time 5:02
MALIBU HOOCH (M/L 30-1): Making her first start in more than a year, the Bourbon Courage filly is trying turf for the first time but posted a bullet work over the Laurel grass course two weeks ago.
B-Dr. Ronald Harris Parker; O-SAB Stable Inc.; T-Hugh I. McMahon.

$250,000 PIMLICO SPECIAL-G3 – Race 12. Post Time 5:37
MACLEAN’S ROOK (M/L 4-1): A winner of four of his eight career starts and second or third in three others, he seeks his first career stakes victory. He comes in off an allowance win at Colonial Downs in March, and kicked off his year with a third in the one-mile Jennings Stakes in January. A winner twice going a mile and a sixteenth, he stretches out to the mile and three-sixteenths for the first time.
B-Determined Stud; O-PrepsToThePros Racing Stables LLC and July Cavalry Racing; T-Michael J. Trombetta.

Preakness Day, Saturday, May 16

$100,000 Sir Barton – Race 6. Post time 1:28
BIG CUDDLE: Winner of last year’s Maryland Million Nursery, the son of Great Notion made his first start since that win in a Laurel allowance a month ago, closing to finish second, and has been posting one-mile works in May to prepare for his first start beyond a mile. Gary Capuano chose this spot instead of the shorter Chick Lang Stakes.
B-Two Legends Farm; O-Pocket 3’s Racing LLC; T-Gary Capuano.

LET’S GO LANDO: The most experienced runner in the field, he makes his fourth consecutive stakes appearance, with placings in the other three. In his three starts at the mile and a sixteenth distance he has a win and two thirds, and was third in the longer Federico Tesio last out.
B-ZWP Stable & Non Stop Stable; O-Eagle Up Stables, London Reid Thoroughbreds and Non Stop Stable; T-Gary Capuano.

PONT AVEN: A winner of his two most recent races, both at one mile at Laurel, the son of Blofeld has done his best running while setting the pace.
B-Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bowman & Skeedattle Associates; O-Day At The Races LLC; T-Michael J. Trombetta.

$150,000 Chick Lang – Race 7. Post time 2:07
BUDS NOTION: First or second in all four career starts, the quick son of Great Notion has had a race a month since his return this year, and makes his stakes debut.
B-Frank A. Perri; O-Pinochle Partners LLC; T-Gary Capuano.

TOP MANIPULATOR: Undefeated this year while riding a three-race win streak, two at the Chick Lang’s six-furlong distance, the son of Blofeld is also making his stakes debut.
B-Murmur Farm; O-Mrs. E. Allen Murray Jr.; T-Tim Keefe.

MAGIC WALLET: A son of Divining Rod, he won the six-furlong Dover Stakes to remain undefeated at 2, and made his return in a six-furlong Laurel allowance in April, getting up to finish third.
B-William Bayne & Super C Racing; O-William B. Bayne Jr.; T-Kieron Magee.

$150,000 MARYLAND SPRINT-G3 – Race 8. Post Time 2:48
HAILEYSFIRSTNOTION: An eye-catching front-running allowance winner last out in his first start of the year while getting six furlongs in 1:09.19, he’s never been worse than third at the distance and was a close third in last year’s Maryland Million Sprint. The son of Great Notion seeks his first stakes win.
B/O-Daniel C. Crowley & Non Stop Stable; T-Gary Capuano.

CELTIC CONTENDER: The ultra consistent veteran sprinter recorded a 100 Beyer Figure in his return in March after an eight-month break. The son of Irish War Cry finished in the top three in his 10 starts since September 2024, seven in stakes, including a third in last year’s Maryland Sprint.
B-Fred T. Lewis DVM; O-Lewis Family Racing Stable; T-Hamilton A. Smith.

SLAM NOTION: With three wins in four career starts at the six-furlong distance, he topped a Great Notion trifecta in last year’s Maryland Million Sprint, his second of three straight scores.
B-Eric A. Rizer & Nancy M. Rizer; O-Eric A. Rizer; T-W. Robert Bailes.

S S SINATRA: Searching for his first stakes victory, the 6-year-old has been multiple stakes-placed in his 28-start career and ran fourth after stalking the pace in last year’s Maryland Sprint.
B-Dr. Stephen Sinatra; O-3 Reasons Racing; T-Kerry Hohlbein.

$100,000 James W. Murphy – Race 9. Post time 3:30
JESSICA’S EYES: A winner twice in four career starts, both on the turf, the son of Mosler stretches out for the first time beyond six furlongs.
B-Gina Robb & No Guts No Glory Farm; O-No Guts No Glory Farm; T-John J. Robb.

J CODY: A two-time winner in four starts, he’ll be facing a number of firsts, as he makes his first start at Laurel, first on the turf, first at the distance and first in a stakes.
B-Wasabi Ventures Stables, LLC, et al; O-Albert P. Abdala III and Brooklin Farm; T-Marya K. Montoya.

$250,000 DINNER PARTY-G3 – Race 10. Post Time 4:11
THUNDERING: The stakes-winning 4-year-old son of Mosler makes his Laurel debut. Winner of Woodbine’s Display Stakes at 2, and twice stakes-placed at 3, he’s been on the board in all three starts this year while racing in allowance company at Tampa Bay, all on the turf. He’s hit the board in seven of his nine career turf starts and is a winner at the distance.
B-Jal Dastur; O-Dastur Racing; T-Derek S. Ryan.

$125,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint – Race 12. Post time 5:52
TIDEWATER: Running in turf sprints is the son of Outflanker’s specialty as he seeks his first stakes win. A previous stakes performance included a second to Witty in the 2023 Maryland Million Turf Sprint at the distance over the Laurel turf. Witty won last year’s Jim McKay Turf Sprint.
B/O-Little Man Farm; T-Anthony Aguirre Jr.

HAD TO HAVE HIM: A back-to-back stakes winner last fall at Laurel in the six-furlong Laurel Dash and five and a half-furlong Maryland Million Turf Sprint, the son of Force the Pass won three and placed twice in five starts last year. In his return off a six-month break, he rushed home after a rough trip to finish three lengths behind the winner in the King T. Leatherbury at the same distance.
B-Wes Carter; O-Gracie Mae Stables and Great Lake Stable; T-John E. Salzman Jr.