'TDN Rising Star' Goal Oriented Points To Preakness

'TDN Rising Star' Goal Oriented Points To Preakness

Bob Baffert notified Pimlico Race Course officials Thursday of his intention to enter undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Goal Oriented (Not This Time), as well as GII Wood Memorial Stakes hero Rodriguez (Authentic) in the GI Preakness Stakes. Goal Oriented debuted at Santa Anita Apr. 6 with an off-the-pace 3 1/4-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight event, which earned him a 'Rising Star' badge. The 3-year-old cleared an optional claim…

Preakness news: Baffert enters 2nd runner in 2nd jewel

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert notified Pimlico Race Course officials Thursday of his intention to enter undefeated Goal Oriented, as well as Wood Memorial (G2) winner Rodriguez in the Preakness Stakes on May 17. Goal Oriented debuted April 6 at Santa Anita with an off-the-pace 3 ¼-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight event. The son of Not This Time returned May 3 at Churchill Downs, where he registered a front-running three-q…

Secretariat, the Preakness, and a 39-Year Controversy

Maximum Security’s disqualification in the 2019 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve inspired much controversy, and the debate at times felt like the 1950 Kurosawa film “Rashomon,” where multiple witnesses to an event retell it in vastly different ways. All of us saw the same race, yet so many people have different interpretations of what they saw. Read More...