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This weekend, six Triple Crown hopefuls will compete for the 151st computerized berth. Preakness Stakesthe center jewel of the Triple Crown, on Might 16 at Laurel Park.
Ten 3-year-old horses can be entered Saturday within the forty fifth operating of the $150,000 Federico Tessio at Laurel. The 1 1/8-mile take a look at will function 4 Triple Crown contenders: Cheyton, Shut the Gate, Code of Silence and Wild Warrior.
Eight extra sophomores will line up for the $200,000 eighth Bathhouse Row renovation on Saturday, additionally at 1 1/8 Mile Oak Garden. Triple Crown nominees Clapper and Kong Hung lead the sphere.
The 2-turn race routinely earns you a connection to the Triple Crown-nominated 1 3/16-mile Preakness. Horses not named Triple Crown winners by the April 6 deadline will obtain a $150,000 payment to make up the $2 million Preakness.
Tessio, named after the outstanding Italian breeder, proprietor and coach whose homegrown Nearco and Ribot dominate Thoroughbred bloodlines all over the world, has supplied the Preakness incentive for 11 consecutive years. A complete of 24 Tessio winners have run within the Preakness, the latest being the 2025 paybilly. Maryland-bred Deputed Testamony is the one horse to win each races in 1983.
The 2017 champion 3-year-old West Coast-bred Chayton received his final three begins on the Turfway artificial observe for coach Invoice Morley, profitable by two and a half lengths within the mile on March fifth.
Shut the Gate operates trains in Laurel, led by John Salzman Jr., who despatched Espresso With Chris to a seventh-place end within the 2023 Preakness. Shut the Gate has raced on his dwelling course 4 occasions, graduating by 9 3/4 lengths within the seven-furlong maiden claimer on January tenth, second within the distance Spectacular Bid Stakes on February 4th, and third within the one-mile Miracle Wooden Stakes on February twenty first.
Code of Silence made his debut at Delaware Park final July and has completed third or higher in seven of his eight profession races, together with back-to-back wins over fellow Maryland colts at Laurel final fall, the latter profitable the seven-furlong Maryland Juvenile Stakes. This yr, he had no wins in three tries, ending third within the Spectacular Bid Stakes and second within the Miracle Wooden Stakes.
Wild Warrior has received three of six begins for Laurel-based coach Gary Capuano, most lately defeating Code of Silence by a neck within the 1 1/16-mile Non-public Time period Stakes on March twenty first. This race was his third attempt across the second nook, together with a 2 3/4 size non-obligatory declare allowance win on December 14th in opposition to Let’s Go Land, who was additionally entered by Tessio as the following winner, Vara de Plata. Capuano and his proprietor, Rosepetal Stables, acquired the 2024 Tessio within the bronze tax.
This yr marks the primary time in additional than a century that the Preakness will flee Pimlico, which is being rebuilt with the purpose of reopening in 2027. The Preakness was held at Morris Park within the Bronx in 1890 and at Gravesend Racecourse in Coney Island, New York from 1894 to 1908.
Bathhouse Row debuted in 2019 because the Oaklawn Invitational and ran because the Oaklawn Stakes from 2020 to 2022 earlier than taking over its present identify. Three of the seven winners went to the Preakness – Pink Route One (4th place in 2023). Mr. Massive Information, seventh place in 2020. and Laughing Fox, fifth place in 2019.
Clapper, who was produced and owned by Robert Zellner and educated by Donny von Hemel, has but to make his stakes debut. The Sweet Trip stallion graduated by three-quarters of a size in his fourth begin on February 6 and completed third in his first try with the winner on February 28, each operating 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn.
Cong Hung, a nimble racer, completed second by a nostril in his debut race at Gulfstream Park final June, after which received two of his three begins to maneuver as much as first place. He completed second within the six-furlong Proudman Stakes in August by one size. Educated by Bernardo Lopez, the colt didn’t run once more till Jan. 16 at Tampa Bay Downs, when he ran a mile and 40 yards to file a three-length choice declare allowance victory.
| no. | silk | horse/stallion | analysis | Coach/Jockey | final begin | state of affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hickson hopper tunity | Brittany Russell Jevian Toledo | 1st place (108), LRL AOC (03/06/2026-R7) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st place (108), LRL AOC (03/06/2026-R7) | |||||
| 2 | Volendam Vekoma | michael maker Michelle Sanchez | 1st place (117), TP MSW (3/21/26-R5) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st place (117), TP MSW (3/21/26-R5) | |||||
| 3 | Devil west coast | 6.12 | William Morley Vincent Cheminault | 1st place (92), TP STR (03/05/2026-R2) | I entered | |
| closing race | 1st place (92), TP STR (03/05/2026-R2) | |||||
| 4 | wild warrior Not possible | Gary Capuano Yedsit Hazlewood | 1st (104), 2026 Secret Code LS | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st (104), 2026 Secret Code LS | |||||
| 5 | let’s go spherical sport winner | Gary Capuano paco lopez | third (102), 2026 Non-public Time period LS | I entered | ||
| closing race | third (102), 2026 Non-public Time period LS | |||||
| 6 | Please shut the gate interact | John Salzman Jr. Joseph Rocco Jr. | third place (105), Cnl AlwOC (3/12/26-R2) | I entered | ||
| closing race | third place (105), Cnl AlwOC (3/12/26-R2) | |||||
| 7 | traditional nifty traditional empire | phil schoenthal forest voice | 4th place (102), Cnl AlwOC (3/12/26-R2) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 4th place (102), Cnl AlwOC (3/12/26-R2) | |||||
| 8 | greater senses greater energy | 4.12 | Miguel Penalosa dexter haddock | 2nd place (99), Lrl AlwOC (3/29/26-R2) | I entered | |
| closing race | 2nd place (99), Lrl AlwOC (3/29/26-R2) | |||||
| 9 | code of silence Blofeld | 5.34 | timothy keef angel cruise | 2nd (104), 2026 Non-public Time period LS | I entered | |
| closing race | 2nd (104), 2026 Non-public Time period LS | |||||
| 10 | taj mahal Nyquist | 6.12 | Brittany Russell sheldon russell | 1st place (124), 2026 Miracle Wooden LS | I entered | |
| closing race | 1st place (124), 2026 Miracle Wooden LS | |||||
| no. | silk | horse/stallion | analysis | Coach/Jockey | final begin | state of affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | child slayer collected | 4.34 | Stephen Asmussen Keith Asmussen | 1st place (116), Derby sponsored by the Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation | I entered | |
| closing race | 1st place (116), Derby sponsored by the Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation | |||||
| 2 | western warrior important high quality | mark cass Ramon Vasquez | 1st place (99), OP Str (3/26/26-R4) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st place (99), OP Str (3/26/26-R4) | |||||
| 3 | Chad Allan union rug | robert younger tyler bacon | 2nd place (105), OP ALW (03/27/2026-R4) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 2nd place (105), OP ALW (03/27/2026-R4) | |||||
| 4 | Kong Han rock your world | Bernardo Lopez Marcos Meneses | 1st place (107), Tam Arwok (1/16/26-R2) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st place (107), Tam Arwok (1/16/26-R2) | |||||
| 5 | extremely related join | matt williams Christian Torres | 2nd place (90), OP Str (3/26/26-R4) | I entered | ||
| closing race | 2nd place (90), OP Str (3/26/26-R4) | |||||
| 6 | Honey’s fault condemnation | 5.67 | Kenneth McPeek Emmanuel Esquivel | 2nd place (100), OP ALW (03/26/2026-R5) | I entered | |
| closing race | 2nd place (100), OP ALW (03/26/2026-R5) | |||||
| 7 | clapper sweet experience | 6.12 | donnie von hemel Junior Alvarado | third place (86), OP AlwOC (2/28/26-R9) | I entered | |
| closing race | third place (86), OP AlwOC (2/28/26-R9) | |||||
| 8 | royal american upstart | CR Trout david cabrera | 1st place (110), Welder S. | I entered | ||
| closing race | 1st place (110), Welder S. | |||||
