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#MDBred Future is Now headlined a big Friday at Pimlico for owner/breeder Larry Johnson! She prevailed in The Very One Stakes for her first stakes victory, and was one of three stakes-winning or stakes-placed Johnson homebreds on the card.

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Biggest race of my career today saddling #crabsnbeer in a $500k G3 and he comes up massive finishing 2nd. Super proud of our boy! 🦀 n 🍺

FULMINEO (Bolt d’Oro) makes it look easy with a win in the James W. Murphy S. on #PreaknessDay at Pimlico! ⚡️ Owned by Starlight Racing & Mark Grier, bred by Country Life Farm & Starr of Quality LLC, trained by Arnaud Delacour & ridden by Flavien Prat.

#MDBred Fulmineo earns his first stakes victory in style, taking the James W. Murphy Stakes on the Preakness Stakes undercard at Pimlico as much the best! He was bred by Country Life Farm and Starr of Quality LLC.

Conceptualize ($11) was hammered from 9-1 to 9-2 in the final flash, then was just too fast for them in the off-turf fifth Pimlico. Maryland Thoroughbred daughter of Preakness winner Cloud Computing graduated in seventh start.
9-4-5-8 official

Extremely thrilled with #MDBred Call Another Play's effort today in the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. at Pimlico. She certainly rallied down the stretch and just missed out on 2nd by a neck.

It was a big step up, but she certainly did her best! Glad I could share her story. TDN

FUTURE IS NOW (Great Notion) forges ahead to win the The Very One S. at Pimlico! The #MDBred is owned/bred by Larry Johnson, trained by Trombetta Stables and ridden by Paco Lopez.

#MDBred Future is Now prevails in The Very One Stakes! This Larry Johnson homebred filly, by Northview's Great Notion, is trained by Mike Trombetta and ridden by Paco Lopez. Congratulations to the winning connections!

Irish Hero ($9.80) forgot to stop today in the third Pimlico. Speedy Maryland Thoroughbred graduated in fourth lifetime start for Jerry Robb and Xavier Perez.
2-3-5-8 official

Had to Have Him ($10.60) rallied from off the pace under Jorge Ruiz to capture the first turf race of this Pimlico meet, Friday's second race. Stakes-placed on dirt, this Maryland Thoroughbred might have found a home on grass.
3-7-12-1 official.

We're in the house for this year's Black-Eyed Susan day!

Best of luck to all the #MDBred entrants on today's card, including Call Another Play in the featured event!

🐎 🥃 🍻 The Horse Racing Happy Hour is at Pimlico! Mystik Dan looks ready. Listen to me & Louie Rabaut on ESPN Louisville today from 10-noon & Saturday from 11-1. In Baltimore? Join us at Jimmy’s Famous Seafood tonight at 7:30! Maryland Thoroughbred

It's a 'heater' on the wire in the fourth Pimlico as rail-skimming Goodnightngodbless ($3.20) and Jockey Barbosa🏇🏻 got his nose down to share the win with Maryland Thoroughbred Kilo Road ($5) and Victor R. Carrasco.
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Bandits Warrior ($3), half-sister to popular multiple stakes-winner Anna's Bandit, prompted and pounced to win the opener Pimlico. Maryland Thoroughbred by Mosler (@CountryLifeFarm).
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Trombetta Stables's #MDBred Call Another Play, from the family of R. Larry Johnson's foundation mare Ran's Chick, comes off a win in the Weber City Miss and runs tomorrow in the Black Eyed Susan. By WinStar Farm's leading 2nd crop sire Audible

Jeff Engler's Preakness contender Mugatu galloping today under robby albarado. While he's not a #MDBred , Mugatu was conceived in Maryland as a son of Maryland Thoroughbred stallion Blofeld

For #TBT , we're looking back at #MDBred Bee Bee Bee's victory in the 1972 Preakness!

The Bill Miller-bred colt won by 1 1/4 lengths in an 18-1 upset, with Eldon Nelson aboard for owner Will Farish and trainer Del Carroll.

#MDBred Call Another Play looms large in Friday's Black-Eyed Susan Stakes-G2! She most recently won the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel Park.