Treasure Trove Making Return Trip to Friday’s Pimlico Special
At 0h25, on May 20, 2022 • By PIMLICO
His connections may be different, but James Wolf’s Treasure Trove will find himself in familiar surroundings when he makes his return to graded-stakes competition in Friday’s historic $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) at Pimlico Race Course.
The 6-year-old gelding is the only one of 11 horses entered that ran in last year’s Pimlico Special for 3-year-olds and up at 1 3/16 miles, the same distance as Saturday’s $1.65 million Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
Treasure Trove, then trained by Mike Maker, pressed the early pace before tiring to be seventh behind stablemate Last Judgment. Laurel Park-based trainer Anthony Farrior got the son of Tapizar for $32,000 three starts later out of a 1 1/16-mile claiming event at Keeneland.
“Hopefully, this year it falls apart,” Farrior said Thursday morning. “We know we don’t have the best horse, but if the race falls apart we can pick up some pieces.”
Treasure Trove drew Post 9 and is rated at 12-1 on the morning line. Jevian Toledo will be aboard for the seventh straight race, the most recent a three-quarter-length optional claimer going 1 1/8 miles April 21 at Laurel.
The 2-1 program favorite for the Pimlico Special is Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable and LNJ Foxwoods’ Vindictive, a three-time winner from six starts who drew the rail for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.
