Entries were taken yesterday for Pimlico’s Saturday Preakness Day program consisting of 12 races, all stakes, beginning at 10 a.m. The Preakness Stakes attracted 11 entries with Authentic , winner of the Kentucky Derby, drawing post 11 as the 9/5 morning line favorite. Art Collector, who bypassed the Derby due to a heel injury that developed during training, is 5 to 2 and breaks from post three.
A change for 2020, aside from the obvious date difference, is the normal Friday fixture, the Black-Eyed Susan, being run on Saturday. The Canterbury Racebook opens at 9am on Friday and at 8am on Saturday. Reservations, for which there is no charge, are recommended and can be made HERE.
Keeneland opens its Fall meet Friday. Hawthorne opens Friday. Keeneland, Belmont and Santa Anita all have significant stakes races Saturday along with Pimlico. Below is a stakes line-up for Friday and Saturday. If you want to bet Preakness and cannot be in the Canterbury Park Racebook Saturday, advance wagering begins Thursday at noon.
October 2, 2020
Bertram F. Bongard Stakes Belmont
Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) BC Keeneland
Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2) BC Keeneland
Pimlico Special (G3) Pimlico
October 3, 2020
Belmont Derby Invitational (G1T) BC Belmont
Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2) Belmont
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) Belmont
Kelso Handicap (G2) Belmont
Pilgrim Stakes (G2T) Belmont
Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) BC Keeneland
First Lady (G1T) BC Keeneland
Shadwell Turf Mile (G1T) BC Keeneland
Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) BC Keeneland
Woodford Presented by TVG (G2T) Keeneland
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) Pimlico
Dinner Party Stakes (G2T) Pimlico
Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Pimlico
Gallorette Stakes (G3T) Pimlico
Hilltop Stakes Pimlico
James W. Murphy Stakes Pimlico
Laurel Futurity Pimlico
Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) Pimlico
Preakness Stakes (G1) BC Pimlico
Selima Stakes Pimlico
Skipat S takes Pimlico
City of Hope Mile (G2T) Santa Anita
Swingtime Stakes Santa Anita
