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Thursday morning at Laurel Park before the Preakness Stakes.

Photos courtesy of Amber Chalfin of Downthestretchphotos.com.

Preakness Thursday Photos

Date: 05/14/2026

Many of the Preakness horses were out on the track Thursday morning for a gallop of 1 to 2 miles. At the start of training hours it was cool with temperatures in the low 50's and it only warmed up to a daytime high of 61, with overcast skies and the main track rated good.

2026 Preakness Entries - A field of 14 was entered Monday with three horses tied for morning line favorite at 5-1.
Preakness Weather Forecasts - Friday for Black-Eyed Susan Day is expected to be around 70 and sunny, but Preakness Saturday will be warm and sunny with a high in the 80s.

Here are photos for 11 Preakness horses and 5 Black-Eyed Susan fillies from Thursday morning. Click the photo to see a larger version.

Preakness
Bull by the Horns galloped 1 1/4 miles under exercise rider Luis Hernandez with trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. watching. “He looked happy,” said Joseph, who saddled Grade 1-winning millionaire Skippylongstocking for a fifth-place finish in the 2022 Preakness that was followed by a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (G1). Bull by the Horns, who is rated at 30-1 on the morning line for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, is coming off a last-to-first triumph in the 1 1/16-mile Rushaway over Turfway Park’s all-weather surface. “In the Rushaway he came from way back. The number didn’t come back fast, but the visual looked very good,” Joseph said. “He is a horse we always thought could pick up pieces. The horse he beat [Trendsetter] came back and won the Lexington, but he needs to improve on his numbers. If the numbers are real and he runs that slow, he has no shot, but we feel he’s better than his numbers so far.”

Chip Honcho had an easy training morning Thursday under exercise rider Brooke Stillion at Laurel Park, jogging to the starting gate to school, then galloping home – a typical routine two days before a race for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s horses. Leland Ackersley Racing LLC, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia’s Chip Honcho arrived at Laurel Monday afternoon, one of five horses Asmussen is running at the track Saturday. Another three Asmussen horses race at Laurel Friday.

Corona de Oro galloped twice around. David Berman, managing partner for co-owner On Our Own Stable (and formerly a partner with West Point Thoroughbreds), said of the stable's name, “I needed a name. I was driving to work behind an Audi on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island, and I saw the [interlocking] four-ring logo. I figured, ‘All right, let me do something with three rings.' It was no slight against West Point for being on my own. It just came out of nowhere."

Crupper had a regular gallop on Thursday morning. Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel liked what he saw. “Very routine-looking gallop, so I’m happy,” Von Hemel said. “It was the first time Pedro’s been on him. I told him a few things. The first day, sometimes they’re looking where we’re at and what’s going on. I think the day off yesterday made him a handful today, as far as in the shedrow here and getting him to the track. But once he got on the track, he was good. I think he’ll be a little more calm in the shedrow tomorrow, too, prior to galloping. But it’s good he bounced out of that trip like that. That part I’m happy with.”

Great White had FanDuel TV racing reporter/analyst Andie Biancone as an exercise rider Thursday during a routine gallop at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Trainer John Ennis told Biancone beforehand, “If I can ride him, you can gallop him with your little finger.” Sure enough, Biancone and the Lexington-based Ennis were both pleased with Great White’s training session over a track rated ‘good’ following overnight rain.

Incredibolt, the last-minute entry into Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), got his first look at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Trained by Riley Mott and owned by Pin Oak Stud LLC, the son of Bolt d’Oro was part of the Preakness entourage that hit the track at 7:30 a.m. Regular exercise rider Charlotte O’Connell was the pilot as Incredibolt galloped 1 Ľ miles over the sealed racetrack after heavy rain hit the area on Wednesday night. “He improves all the time and is a pleasure to ride,” said O’Connell, who has been Incredibolt’s regular morning partner since the end of his 2-year-old season. “He is a very good boy. He was on the bridle but very relaxed about it. He was looking around a little bit but was happy in his gallop.”

Iron Honor galloped 1 1/8 miles over the sealed track at Laurel Park Thursday, the second time he has been over the track since shipping here from trainer Chad Brown’s barn at Belmont Park. Regular exercise rider Kelvin Perez was on board when Iron Honor entered the track at 7:30 a.m.. “Nice horse, very classy,” said Perez, who has been working for Brown since 2016. “I like the way he has handled the track.”

Pretty Boy Miah is approaching his debut in the top level of American racing in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) in a positive fashion. Thursday morning, he trained over the sealed track at Laurel Park under rider Taylor Kingsley. “We just galloped him a mile and a quarter today. Just nice and easy,” trainer Jeremiah Englehart, who the horse is named after, said. “He’s been training really well since we got here. This is him. He’s relaxed. Ever since we gelded him it really went the right way. He’s not a very big horse, obviously. He’s average size, really, but he’s just always had a real nice way of going. Even on the end of the shank he kind of pulls you just walking around the barn. Hopefully, he’s able to get a good trip and run his race. I really do feel like he’s going to surprise some people.”

Robusta hasn’t been getting too much attention around the Preakness Stakes Barn this week. And, perhaps, for good reason. The son of Accelerate is one of three horses in the 12-horse field for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park with morning line odds of 30-1. And that doesn’t bother Sabas Rivera, the assistant to trainer Doug O’Neill one bit. “He doesn’t know anything about numbers,” Rivera said with a laugh at the Stakes Barn Thursday morning. “If he is 30-1, it means there is no pressure. I think he is going to run big no matter what. The horse is doing good, that is the main thing,”

Talkin kept asking exercise rider Priscilla Schaefer to loosen her grip on the reins and let him go faster during his trip around the track at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Schaefer did not waver from the plan and maintained her firm hold the entire 1 1/8 miles in the next-to-last day before the Good Magic colt runs in the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday evening. “He wanted to train,” trainer Danny Gargan said. “It’s good to see him in the bridle. Sometimes when you ship, you get there and they’re a little dead. But, no, he’s grabbing the bridle wanting to train. We wanted to go a little easy today, so he was pulling a little more than he normally would. The track was sealed and we wanted to keep him kind of easy, but he was skipping over it pretty nice. I thought.”

The Hell We Did schooled in the starting gate at Laurel Tuesday and galloped/jogged about two miles in preparation for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1). He finished second in the Lexington (G3) at Keeneland April 11 and trainer Todd Fincher is hopeful that race sets him for a big effort Saturday at Laurel Park. “The Lexington should have got him more fitness into his legs and more air in his lungs,” said Fincher, who arrived at Laurel Wednesday night after flying in from Dallas. “He ran close to the lead the whole way in that one and got a lot out of it.”

Black-Eyed Susan
Holly's Holiday comes to Laurel off a 2-race win streak including the Valley of the Vapors Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. She drew post 3 for trainer Ken McPeek and new rider Flavien Prat at 6-1 morning line odds.

Ivy Girl won the Main Line Stakes at Parx and then the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel for her final prep. She drew post 2 for trainer Amelia Green and jockey Victor Carrasco.

Jumping the Gun was second in the Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct before finishing 3rd in the Weber City Miss at Laurel. She drew post 7 for trainer Andrew Simoff and new jockey Luis Saez.

Majestic Lucia was second in the Weber City Miss after winning back to back allowance races at Fair Grounds. New rider Irad Ortiz Jr. rides out of post 9 for trainer Peter Eurton.

My Miss Mo was second in both the Davona Dale (G2) and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). Regular rider Tyler Gaffalione retains the mount for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. from post 10.

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Preakness Bull by the Horns galloped 1 1/4 miles under exercise rider Luis Hernandez with trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. watching. “He looked happy,” said Joseph, who saddled Grade 1-winning millionaire Skippylongstocking for a fifth-place finish in the 2022 Preakness that was followed by a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (G1). Bull by the Horns, who is rated at 30-1 on the morning line for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, is coming off a last-to-first triumph in the 1 1/16-mile Rushaway over Turfway Park’s all-weather surface. “In the Rushaway he came from way back. The number didn’t come back fast, but the visual looked very good,” Joseph said. “He is a horse we always thought could pick up pieces. The horse he beat [Trendsetter] came back and won the Lexington, but he needs to improve on his numbers. If the numbers are real and he runs that slow, he has no shot, but we feel he’s better than his numbers so far.”
Chip Honcho had an easy training morning Thursday under exercise rider Brooke Stillion at Laurel Park, jogging to the starting gate to school, then galloping home – a typical routine two days before a race for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s horses. Leland Ackersley Racing LLC, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia’s Chip Honcho arrived at Laurel Monday afternoon, one of five horses Asmussen is running at the track Saturday. Another three Asmussen horses race at Laurel Friday.
Corona de Oro galloped twice around. David Berman, managing partner for co-owner On Our Own Stable (and formerly a partner with West Point Thoroughbreds), said of the stable's name, “I needed a name. I was driving to work behind an Audi on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island, and I saw the [interlocking] four-ring logo. I figured, ‘All right, let me do something with three rings.' It was no slight against West Point for being on my own. It just came out of nowhere."
Crupper had a regular gallop on Thursday morning. Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel liked what he saw. “Very routine-looking gallop, so I’m happy,” Von Hemel said. “It was the first time Pedro’s been on him. I told him a few things. The first day, sometimes they’re looking where we’re at and what’s going on. I think the day off yesterday made him a handful today, as far as in the shedrow here and getting him to the track. But once he got on the track, he was good. I think he’ll be a little more calm in the shedrow tomorrow, too, prior to galloping. But it’s good he bounced out of that trip like that. That part I’m happy with.”
Great White had FanDuel TV racing reporter/analyst Andie Biancone as an exercise rider Thursday during a routine gallop at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Trainer John Ennis told Biancone beforehand, “If I can ride him, you can gallop him with your little finger.” Sure enough, Biancone and the Lexington-based Ennis were both pleased with Great White’s training session over a track rated ‘good’ following overnight rain.
Incredibolt, the last-minute entry into Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1), got his first look at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Trained by Riley Mott and owned by Pin Oak Stud LLC, the son of Bolt d’Oro was part of the Preakness entourage that hit the track at 7:30 a.m. Regular exercise rider Charlotte O’Connell was the pilot as Incredibolt galloped 1 Ľ miles over the sealed racetrack after heavy rain hit the area on Wednesday night. “He improves all the time and is a pleasure to ride,” said O’Connell, who has been Incredibolt’s regular morning partner since the end of his 2-year-old season. “He is a very good boy. He was on the bridle but very relaxed about it. He was looking around a little bit but was happy in his gallop.”
Iron Honor galloped 1 1/8 miles over the sealed track at Laurel Park Thursday, the second time he has been over the track since shipping here from trainer Chad Brown’s barn at Belmont Park. Regular exercise rider Kelvin Perez was on board when Iron Honor entered the track at 7:30 a.m.. “Nice horse, very classy,” said Perez, who has been working for Brown since 2016. “I like the way he has handled the track.”
Pretty Boy Miah is approaching his debut in the top level of American racing in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) in a positive fashion. Thursday morning, he trained over the sealed track at Laurel Park under rider Taylor Kingsley. “We just galloped him a mile and a quarter today. Just nice and easy,” trainer Jeremiah Englehart, who the horse is named after, said. “He’s been training really well since we got here. This is him. He’s relaxed. Ever since we gelded him it really went the right way. He’s not a very big horse, obviously. He’s average size, really, but he’s just always had a real nice way of going. Even on the end of the shank he kind of pulls you just walking around the barn. Hopefully, he’s able to get a good trip and run his race. I really do feel like he’s going to surprise some people.”
Robusta hasn’t been getting too much attention around the Preakness Stakes Barn this week. And, perhaps, for good reason. The son of Accelerate is one of three horses in the 12-horse field for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park with morning line odds of 30-1. And that doesn’t bother Sabas Rivera, the assistant to trainer Doug O’Neill one bit. “He doesn’t know anything about numbers,” Rivera said with a laugh at the Stakes Barn Thursday morning. “If he is 30-1, it means there is no pressure. I think he is going to run big no matter what. The horse is doing good, that is the main thing,”
Talkin kept asking exercise rider Priscilla Schaefer to loosen her grip on the reins and let him go faster during his trip around the track at Laurel Park Thursday morning. Schaefer did not waver from the plan and maintained her firm hold the entire 1 1/8 miles in the next-to-last day before the Good Magic colt runs in the 151st Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday evening. “He wanted to train,” trainer Danny Gargan said. “It’s good to see him in the bridle. Sometimes when you ship, you get there and they’re a little dead. But, no, he’s grabbing the bridle wanting to train. We wanted to go a little easy today, so he was pulling a little more than he normally would. The track was sealed and we wanted to keep him kind of easy, but he was skipping over it pretty nice. I thought.”
The Hell We Did schooled in the starting gate at Laurel Tuesday and galloped/jogged about two miles in preparation for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1). He finished second in the Lexington (G3) at Keeneland April 11 and trainer Todd Fincher is hopeful that race sets him for a big effort Saturday at Laurel Park. “The Lexington should have got him more fitness into his legs and more air in his lungs,” said Fincher, who arrived at Laurel Wednesday night after flying in from Dallas. “He ran close to the lead the whole way in that one and got a lot out of it.”
Black-Eyed Susan Holly's Holiday comes to Laurel off a 2-race win streak including the Valley of the Vapors Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. She drew post 3 for trainer Ken McPeek and new rider Flavien Prat at 6-1 morning line odds.
Ivy Girl won the Main Line Stakes at Parx and then the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel for her final prep. She drew post 2 for trainer Amelia Green and jockey Victor Carrasco.
Jumping the Gun was second in the Demoiselle (G2) at Aqueduct before finishing 3rd in the Weber City Miss at Laurel. She drew post 7 for trainer Andrew Simoff and new jockey Luis Saez.
Majestic Lucia was second in the Weber City Miss after winning back to back allowance races at Fair Grounds. New rider Irad Ortiz Jr. rides out of post 9 for trainer Peter Eurton.
My Miss Mo was second in both the Davona Dale (G2) and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). Regular rider Tyler Gaffalione retains the mount for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. from post 10.