Racing News & Results From Pimlico

The thoroughbred breeding community has lost two stallions recently - Divine Light, a 19-year-old son of Sunday Silence, died in Turkey from a tumor that had wrapped around his intestines.  Dehere, the 2-year-old champion colt in 1993, passed away from a heart attack, also in Turkey.
  Wise Dan, the 7-year-old gelding and two-time Horse of the Year, had emergency colic surgery yesterday at Rood and Riddle Clinic near Lexington, Kentucky.  Wise Dan had his regular morning gallop, and cooled out well.  Then he began showing signs of discomfort, conventional remedies did not ease the chestnut horse, and he was taken to Rood and Riddle.  It was determined that a small section of his bowel had "flipped over itself" and was rapidly losing blood supply. The surgery went quickly, and Wise Dan is recovering nicely at the Equine Hospital.
  At Pimlico, Ben's Cat won the Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes for the third time.Due to heavy rain, the Sprint was run on the dirt course and not the turf.  Ben's Cat was bred by King T Leatherbury, and is also trained by that venerable gentleman.  He paid $2.80 on a $2 win bet.
  In the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Stopchargingmaria was the winner by a hard-fought neck. She was followed across the finish line by Vero Amore and then Fortune Pearl.  A $2 win bet on Stopchargingmaria paid $9.60; a $2 place bet on Vero Amore paid $12.80; and a $2 show bet on Fortune Pearl paid $5.80.  The $2 exacta paid $119.80, and the $2 trifecta bet paid $871.40.
  The Pimlico Special  was a heart-stopper for the connections of Revolutionary - at one point in the race, he was more than 30 lengths behind the lead in the race.  However, Revolutionary turned on his after-burners and won the race by a neck fro Prayer For Relief; Cat Burglar ran third.  A $2 win bet on Revolutionary paid $6.40; a $2 place bet on Prayer For Relief paid $7.20; and a $2 show bet on Cat Burglar paid $4.60.  The $2 exacta pay out was $74.00; and the $1 trifecta paid $217.10.
  And this is the day the Preakness will be run for the 139th time at Old Hilltop, Pimlico Race Course.  For more information on the race, and the 10 horses entered, I refer you to The Bloodhorse Magazine website, at  http://www.bloodhorse.com/ .