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Today’s Lock Is At Northfield Park On Race 2
Tuesday’s “Lock” is at Northfield PARK on race 2 with the #1 HydropanenHenry -from 7 hole to rail, was 2nd last 2- Wins tonight-Kurt Sugg drives.
Last “Lock” was off the board and the pick record is at 1543 of 2437 wins with 433 seconds and 166 thirds. Thank you for your support of IdaBet.com!
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Here are the picks from Howard “The Lock” for Guest Handicapper for Western Fair Tuesday May 5, 2026: 1. 2-4-1-5 2. 2-1-3-4 3. 6-3-4-1 4. 3-6-5-1 5. 7-3-1-6 6. 4-2-7-3 7. 3-8-1-5 8. 5-3-1-6 9. 3-2-1-4 10. 3-4-1-2 11. 1-3-6-4 Thank you for placing your wagers at IdaBet.com!
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Tuesday’s “Lock” is at Northfield Park on race 4 with the #9-Nickelback-1:51 speed-Jogs here-Aaron Merriman drives. Last “Lock” Won again and the pick record is at 1621 of 2562 wins with 448 Seconds and 180 thirds. Thank you for placing your wagers at IdaBet.com!
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Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151
Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151
Drawn into post nine, the honor of being the morning line favorite for Preakness 151 went to GIII Gotham Stakes hero Iron Honor (Nyquist) as a competitive, wide-open cast came together Monday evening during the post-position draw.
A full field of 14 contenders, the largest since 2011 when Shackleford won, are set to go for this year’s running of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown contested at Laurel Park. The race was moved as renovations continue at Pimlico downstate.
Iron Honor will carry the colors of St. Elias Stable, William H. Lawrence, and Glassman Racing for trainer Chad Brown, who’s had some close finishes in recent years with runners like Good Magic (Curlin, second to Justify in 2018) and Blazing Sevens (sired by the aforementioned stallion, second to National Treasure in 2023). Brown took home the grand prize in 2022 when Early Voting (Gun Runner) captured the Preakness for owners Klaravich Stables.
As for the 9-2 favorite, the son of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has been working steadily over the training track at Belmont Park in company with GI Belmont Stakes hopeful Ottinho (Quality Road). The blinkers come off for this fourth career start as Brown went on record in saying that, ideally, there will be an early pace in front of him to let Iron Honor relax off them. As far as the draw went, the trainer is content with what the racing gods gave him.
“I like the horse, I like the spot for him but based on his last start [seventh in the Wood Memorial], I was surprised he was made the morning line favorite,” said Brown. “But, I am not surprised that he fits in this race. [Post 9 is] fine. Right in the middle, we should not have any excuse from there.”
Maryland’s chief hope Taj Mahal (Nyquist) drew the (less dreaded) rail for the Preakness, and was given 5-1 morning line odds. Working lights out for the last month, the Brittany Russell trainee posted a fourth consecutive bullet work over this track May 9, and has remained the talk of the town since then. He’s unbeaten in his career from three starts, the last of which earned him a spot in the gate when he dominated the local Federico Tesio Stakes by 8 1/4 lengths.
“It wasn’t what I was hoping for, but it is what it is,” said Russell after the draw. “He’s a good gate horse and we’ll just have to play it as it unfolds.”
“You know it’s funny. I said to myself the only spot I was hoping not to be was the rail. It’s OK. It’s all good. When I saw that [5-1 odds] I thought, ‘Cool, he’s getting some respect.’ That’s nice to see.”
Taj Mahal | Jim McCue
His rider Sheldon Russell wasn’t concerned either, saying, “To be fair, [Taj Mahal’s] a good gate horse. He’s classy in there. He doesn’t mess around, so I’m not really worried with him being the first one in there.”
“He broke so sharp last time. If he were to do the same thing again, he’d put me in a great spot. We’ve just got to hold that spot until we get to the bend but we’ve got a longer run this time. He’s going to have to overcome a few things but good horses overcome things.”
Drawn to Taj Mahal’s outside is Ocelli (Connect) at 6-1, the much-heralded maiden seeking to win for the first time in a spring Classic contest. He nearly pulled one of the largest upsets in Kentucky Derby history two weeks ago when he drew into the race two days prior and ran third–beaten barely three-quarters of a length for it all–at monstrous 70-1 odds. He will be nowhere close to that price here and has drawn a more advantageous spot over gate 17 that he had to contend with May 2.
“I’m perfect with that,” declared trainer Whit Beckman. “I think our most effective running style dictates sitting back off the pace, so being in the two-hole, we can just kind of break and save some ground going into that first turn, and kind of let the race develop in front of us. In the Derby, we had to cut over quite a bit [from Post 17] just to get to the first turn.”
Two gates down from the far outside is last-minute declaration Incredibolt (Bolt d’Oro), who squeaked in just under the line for entries Monday morning for owners Pin Oak Stud and trainer Riley Mott. Having run sixth in the Kentucky Derby, but emerging from the race in good enough shape to encourage his connections to give it a shot, the Bolt d’Oro colt will ship out for Maryland Tuesday after completing his final prep at Churchill Downs.
“I hope we run the way they like us in the odds,” said Mott. “Anytime you are in a Triple Crown race and you have odds of 5-1, it is a great opportunity. We are going to look to try and get the job done.”
“I would imagine [Post 12] will be fine. The horse has shown he can be fairly tactical at times.”
Of the top three from the Derby, only Ocelli returned for the Preakness, and he is one of three alumni from the race–the other two being Incredibolt and Robusta (Accelerate), who finished 14th.
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Ask HISA: What is HISA’s Role Regarding Regulatory Vets
With a view to pulling the veil back on the hows and whys of their operations, a representative of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN.
If you have any questions you’d like to ask HISA, please feel free to send them over to us at the following email address: danross@thetdn.com
Q: The TDN has compiled data showing how statistically, scratched horses are notably more likely to face extended periods of time off than non-scratched horses. They typically take longer to get back on the work tab and to the races. A significant number simply never make it back.
At the same time, many industry stakeholders see room for improvement in the way this whole process works to ensure sound horses aren’t unnecessarily swept up in the net.
At the recent Town Hall, HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus mentioned how bringing everybody onto the same page will take “some time and some work.” She also mentioned how Dr. Jennifer Durenberger, HISA’s director of policy and industry initiatives, is working on a “mapping project around vets’ lists” with the idea of bringing “everything under one umbrella and one set of principles.”
Can you explain HISA’s current role in how regulatory vets go about their work? Can you discuss what you think needs to happen to indeed bring the work of regulatory veterinarians onto the same page (and how you see HISA’s role in that)? And can you also provide more details about Dr. Durenberger’s project?
Jennifer Durenberger:
HISA develops rules (subject to FTC approval) and the majority of Regulatory Veterinarians who enforce those rules work for state racing commissions and racetrack operators.
HISA’s Veterinarians’ List rules were derived from existing model rules and standardized stand-down times and protocols for removal from those lists. What was not in the existing rules were definitions of terms used, criteria for placement on various lists, etc. We are working to change that.
The core challenge is how to calibrate the entire regulatory process to minimize the number of horses that get “unnecessarily swept up in the net”, to use your term, or flagged for further evaluation, while simultaneously preventing horses at increased risk of injury from experiencing a bad outcome.
A policy decision must be made about which is more important to the problem we’re trying to solve. Is it more important to prevent “false positives” (horses unnecessarily flagged) or to prevent “false negatives” (horses not removed from competition who go on to sustain injury).
A certain number of false positives is the cost of an overall safer and more sustainable environment. Our job is to work to minimize the number of false positives without compromising safety.
Right now, Regulatory Veterinarians are trying to shoehorn horses of concern into legacy categories that were created 30 years ago, when horse racing was under an entirely different local regulatory scheme, and one without heightened social license concerns.
HISA is currently surveying tracks to better understand where non-uniformity might be addressed via either policy directives or, where necessary, comprehensive rule change.
In its surveys, HISA presents scenarios and asks participants (stewards and regulatory veterinarians) to state what list the horse would be placed on, if any, and what the next steps would be. Some of those scenarios produce as many as four different possible outcomes, depending on the track. To the extent HISA can provide better direction and uniformity of process, we can and we will.
Simultaneously, we are listening to our international colleagues to see what lessons might be learned from their experiences. More information on HISA’s mapping project is available here: https://hisaus.org/news/hisa-announces-comprehensive-review-to-update-veterinarians-and-stewards-list-categories
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Here are the picks from Howard “The Lock” for Guest Handicapper for Western Fair Tuesday May 5, 2026: 1. 2-4-1-5 2. 2-1-3-4 3. 6-3-4-1 4. 3-6-5-1 5. 7-3-1-6 6. 4-2-7-3 7. 3-8-1-5 8. 5-3-1-6 9. 3-2-1-4 10. 3-4-1-2 11. 1-3-6-4 Thank you for placing your wagers at IdaBet.com!
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Tuesday’s “Lock” is at Northfield Park on race 4 with the #9-Nickelback-1:51 speed-Jogs here-Aaron Merriman drives. Last “Lock” Won again and the pick record is at 1621 of 2562 wins with 448 Seconds and 180 thirds. Thank you for placing your wagers at IdaBet.com!
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Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151
Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151
Drawn into post nine, the honor of being the morning line favorite for Preakness 151 went to GIII Gotham Stakes hero Iron Honor (Nyquist) as a competitive, wide-open cast came together Monday evening during the post-position draw.
A full field of 14 contenders, the largest since 2011 when Shackleford won, are set to go for this year’s running of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown contested at Laurel Park. The race was moved as renovations continue at Pimlico downstate.
Iron Honor will carry the colors of St. Elias Stable, William H. Lawrence, and Glassman Racing for trainer Chad Brown, who’s had some close finishes in recent years with runners like Good Magic (Curlin, second to Justify in 2018) and Blazing Sevens (sired by the aforementioned stallion, second to National Treasure in 2023). Brown took home the grand prize in 2022 when Early Voting (Gun Runner) captured the Preakness for owners Klaravich Stables.
As for the 9-2 favorite, the son of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has been working steadily over the training track at Belmont Park in company with GI Belmont Stakes hopeful Ottinho (Quality Road). The blinkers come off for this fourth career start as Brown went on record in saying that, ideally, there will be an early pace in front of him to let Iron Honor relax off them. As far as the draw went, the trainer is content with what the racing gods gave him.
“I like the horse, I like the spot for him but based on his last start [seventh in the Wood Memorial], I was surprised he was made the morning line favorite,” said Brown. “But, I am not surprised that he fits in this race. [Post 9 is] fine. Right in the middle, we should not have any excuse from there.”
Maryland’s chief hope Taj Mahal (Nyquist) drew the (less dreaded) rail for the Preakness, and was given 5-1 morning line odds. Working lights out for the last month, the Brittany Russell trainee posted a fourth consecutive bullet work over this track May 9, and has remained the talk of the town since then. He’s unbeaten in his career from three starts, the last of which earned him a spot in the gate when he dominated the local Federico Tesio Stakes by 8 1/4 lengths.
“It wasn’t what I was hoping for, but it is what it is,” said Russell after the draw. “He’s a good gate horse and we’ll just have to play it as it unfolds.”
“You know it’s funny. I said to myself the only spot I was hoping not to be was the rail. It’s OK. It’s all good. When I saw that [5-1 odds] I thought, ‘Cool, he’s getting some respect.’ That’s nice to see.”
Taj Mahal | Jim McCue
His rider Sheldon Russell wasn’t concerned either, saying, “To be fair, [Taj Mahal’s] a good gate horse. He’s classy in there. He doesn’t mess around, so I’m not really worried with him being the first one in there.”
“He broke so sharp last time. If he were to do the same thing again, he’d put me in a great spot. We’ve just got to hold that spot until we get to the bend but we’ve got a longer run this time. He’s going to have to overcome a few things but good horses overcome things.”
Drawn to Taj Mahal’s outside is Ocelli (Connect) at 6-1, the much-heralded maiden seeking to win for the first time in a spring Classic contest. He nearly pulled one of the largest upsets in Kentucky Derby history two weeks ago when he drew into the race two days prior and ran third–beaten barely three-quarters of a length for it all–at monstrous 70-1 odds. He will be nowhere close to that price here and has drawn a more advantageous spot over gate 17 that he had to contend with May 2.
“I’m perfect with that,” declared trainer Whit Beckman. “I think our most effective running style dictates sitting back off the pace, so being in the two-hole, we can just kind of break and save some ground going into that first turn, and kind of let the race develop in front of us. In the Derby, we had to cut over quite a bit [from Post 17] just to get to the first turn.”
Two gates down from the far outside is last-minute declaration Incredibolt (Bolt d’Oro), who squeaked in just under the line for entries Monday morning for owners Pin Oak Stud and trainer Riley Mott. Having run sixth in the Kentucky Derby, but emerging from the race in good enough shape to encourage his connections to give it a shot, the Bolt d’Oro colt will ship out for Maryland Tuesday after completing his final prep at Churchill Downs.
“I hope we run the way they like us in the odds,” said Mott. “Anytime you are in a Triple Crown race and you have odds of 5-1, it is a great opportunity. We are going to look to try and get the job done.”
“I would imagine [Post 12] will be fine. The horse has shown he can be fairly tactical at times.”
Of the top three from the Derby, only Ocelli returned for the Preakness, and he is one of three alumni from the race–the other two being Incredibolt and Robusta (Accelerate), who finished 14th.
The post Iron Honor Made 9-2 Favorite for Wide Open Preakness 151 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.
read moreAsk HISA: What is HISA’s Role Regarding Regulatory VetsAsk HISA: What is HISA’s Role Regarding Regulatory Vets
Ask HISA: What is HISA’s Role Regarding Regulatory Vets
With a view to pulling the veil back on the hows and whys of their operations, a representative of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN.
If you have any questions you’d like to ask HISA, please feel free to send them over to us at the following email address: danross@thetdn.com
Q: The TDN has compiled data showing how statistically, scratched horses are notably more likely to face extended periods of time off than non-scratched horses. They typically take longer to get back on the work tab and to the races. A significant number simply never make it back.
At the same time, many industry stakeholders see room for improvement in the way this whole process works to ensure sound horses aren’t unnecessarily swept up in the net.
At the recent Town Hall, HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus mentioned how bringing everybody onto the same page will take “some time and some work.” She also mentioned how Dr. Jennifer Durenberger, HISA’s director of policy and industry initiatives, is working on a “mapping project around vets’ lists” with the idea of bringing “everything under one umbrella and one set of principles.”
Can you explain HISA’s current role in how regulatory vets go about their work? Can you discuss what you think needs to happen to indeed bring the work of regulatory veterinarians onto the same page (and how you see HISA’s role in that)? And can you also provide more details about Dr. Durenberger’s project?
Jennifer Durenberger:
HISA develops rules (subject to FTC approval) and the majority of Regulatory Veterinarians who enforce those rules work for state racing commissions and racetrack operators.
HISA’s Veterinarians’ List rules were derived from existing model rules and standardized stand-down times and protocols for removal from those lists. What was not in the existing rules were definitions of terms used, criteria for placement on various lists, etc. We are working to change that.
The core challenge is how to calibrate the entire regulatory process to minimize the number of horses that get “unnecessarily swept up in the net”, to use your term, or flagged for further evaluation, while simultaneously preventing horses at increased risk of injury from experiencing a bad outcome.
A policy decision must be made about which is more important to the problem we’re trying to solve. Is it more important to prevent “false positives” (horses unnecessarily flagged) or to prevent “false negatives” (horses not removed from competition who go on to sustain injury).
A certain number of false positives is the cost of an overall safer and more sustainable environment. Our job is to work to minimize the number of false positives without compromising safety.
Right now, Regulatory Veterinarians are trying to shoehorn horses of concern into legacy categories that were created 30 years ago, when horse racing was under an entirely different local regulatory scheme, and one without heightened social license concerns.
HISA is currently surveying tracks to better understand where non-uniformity might be addressed via either policy directives or, where necessary, comprehensive rule change.
In its surveys, HISA presents scenarios and asks participants (stewards and regulatory veterinarians) to state what list the horse would be placed on, if any, and what the next steps would be. Some of those scenarios produce as many as four different possible outcomes, depending on the track. To the extent HISA can provide better direction and uniformity of process, we can and we will.
Simultaneously, we are listening to our international colleagues to see what lessons might be learned from their experiences. More information on HISA’s mapping project is available here: https://hisaus.org/news/hisa-announces-comprehensive-review-to-update-veterinarians-and-stewards-list-categories
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