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waiting on competition. It was awful loud out there and the track’s pretty narrow and he was kind of looking and jumping tracks and doing a few things, but it was a good kind of tired. It was that kind of tired I’m hoping, anyway, and I feel like he’ll move forward.” It has been 25 years since Smith’s fi rst Triple


Justify races one stride closer to a Triple Crown with his Preakness Stakes win.


Two Down, One to Go for Justify After a week’s worth of rain and a sloppy track


at Pimlico on May 19, Mike Smith and Justify added the second jewel of the Triple Crown to their hats, beating out Bravazo! Trained by legendary Hall of Famer Bob Baff ert, Justify (owned by WinStar Farm, Head of Plains Part- ners LLC, Starlight Racing and China Horse Club) broke well from the gate and moved to an early lead with Good Magic, trained by Chad Brown, falling into stride right beside him. T e two quickly turned the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes into a match race, running side by side, stride by stride, along the far side. As the fi eld turned towards the fi nal stretch, Hall of Fame jockey Smith pushed Justify ahead with Good Magic falling a tad behind. With the fi nal few furlongs left to go, Justify


found himself in company, with Bravazo clos- ing fast to fi nish second and Tenfold in third. Justify fought hard and won well. “T ey ran fast; I’ve never had one run that fast here. It took a lot out of me but I’m just glad … every- body came to see a good horse race. It was a great horse race. Good Magic, I tip my hand to him. He made us really work. He’s a really good horse,” said Baff ert. T e win gave Baff ert his seventh Preakness


winner, putting him in a tie for the most Preak- ness victories with 19th century trainer Robert Wyndham Walden. T is was also Baff ert’s 14th Triple Crown race win, which ties with the number of wins fellow Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has. Smith stated, “He got a little tired. T is is the hardest race that he’s had, but he was also


Economic Impact of the Maryland Horse Industry (provided by the American Horse Council)


$1.3 billion - total value added to Maryland economy $747 million - direct contribution to GDP


101,457 - horses in Maryland, making it the number one state in terms of the number of horses per square mile!


705,000 - acres of Maryland land used for horse-related purposes


27,000 - number of Maryland residents vol- unteering their time for horse-related activities


21,532 - total employment impact 15,738 - direct employment impact


Racing Sector $572 million - total economic impact 5,214 - jobs in Maryland racing industry


Competition Sector $270 million - total economic impact


Crown race win, which was right here at the Preakness aboard Prairie Bayou. “It’s unbeliev- able. It’s a dream come true, to be honest with you. It’s been 25 years since I was blessed to win my fi rst one, which was here, and to go into it with Bob and [wife] Jill and the whole crew, WinStar and China Horse Club and everyone who’s involved, Jack Wolf, I’m just so blessed to be riding for these people right now. I’m on cloud nine,” he said. T e race day brought in a total handle of $93,655,128 with a crowd of 134,487. It was both the third largest handle and third largest crowd in Preakness history.


Maryland Horse Industry adds $1.3 Billion to Maryland Economy


T e results from the 2018 Economic Impact


Study produced by the American Horse Coun- cil found that Maryland’s horse industry adds more than $1.3 billion to Maryland’s economy. T e study generated its economic information from three sectors of the industry: recreation, competition and racing. T e report found that the horse industry employment impact is over 21,000 jobs with a more than $500 million im- pact from the racing sector alone. Recreation and competition sectors combine for $396 mil-


continued... 3,346 - jobs in Maryland related to competitions


Recreation Sector $382 million - total economic impact


4,971 jobs in Maryland related to recreational riding


Equine T erapy Sector $8.4 million - value to state economy from jobs in equine therapy


189 - jobs in Maryland related to equine therapy


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