The path to the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) has taken many twists and turns since the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). It’s time to put that in the rearview mirror.

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The path to the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) has taken many twists and turns since the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). It’s time to put that in the rearview mirror.

Point of Honor surged in the stretch May 17 to win the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course, the Maryland track’s most prestigious race for 3-year-old fillies.

The setting wasn’t even close to the magnitude of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), but on Preakness Eve at Pimlico Race Course jockeys Luis Saez and Tyler Gaffalione found themselves in another heated battle.

Just one race after winning the Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) with Covfefe, the Roths returned to the winner’s circle when their homebred War Front filly took home the $100,000 Maker’s Mark Hilltop Stakes.

The class of 2019-2021 is comprised of four men and eight women from Ireland, Australia, USA, France, Japan, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. 

As trainer Steve Asmussen looked on from virtually the same spot as he did 12 months earlier in the Preakness, he saw poetic justice. This time, the wire arrived in time for Tenfold, who held off You’re to Blame by a neck in the Pimlico Special (G3).

Joel Politi’s Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Serengeti Empress returned to the Churchill Downs work tab May 17 with a half-mile move in :48 flat.

Already a five-time group 1 winner, including the Prix de Diane Longines, Laurens sets out on what connections hope will be another dream season with the increasingly popular filly, starting with the May 18 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (G1) at Newbury.

Just one race after winning the Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) with Covfefe, the Roths returned to the winner’s circle when their homebred War Front filly took home the $100,000 Maker’s Mark Hilltop Stakes.

A six-month layoff proved no obstacle for Lael Stables’ Chalon, who stormed down the two-path to win the $100,000 Skipat Stakes May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

LNJ Foxwoods’ Covfefe, a 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, breaks a 29-year-old track record in winning Pimlico’s May 17 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes (G3). She got the six furlongs in 1:07.70.

Flat racing’s long-distance star Stradivarius launched his bid for a second Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million series bonus in typical successful style by landing back-to-back runnings of the Matchbook Yorkshire Cup (G2).

Selcourt sets up for her first win of 2019, while Danuska’s My Girl will attempt to extend her win streak when the two speedsters meet in the $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes (G3) May 19 at Santa Anita Park.

Trainer Chad Brown has built his reputation on being able to fire fresh off the bench with his turf stars. That’s one reason Inflexibility is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the Gallorette Stakes (G3T).

This year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) has become a never-ending story, and with none of its first four finishers under the wire returning for the Preakness (G1), a baker’s dozen will line up for the 144th running of the Baltimore classic May 18.

For the first time in three years, the grade 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) will be run without the winner of the grade 1 Oka Sho (Japanese One Thousand Guineas) when it renews May 19 at Tokyo Racecourse.