MJC Offers Preakness Weekend Bonuses, Qualifiers
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This year's winner of the Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico Race Course will be eligible for a bonus tied to graded stakes at Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park.
Horsemen will be offered $7.5 million in bonus opportunities as well as qualifiers for international races at Newmarket and Deauville come Preakness Day May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.
In addition to their respective purses, a $5 million bonus awaits the owner or owners of a horse who wins the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1), the $1 million California Crown (G1) (formerly the Awesome Again Stakes) Sept. 28 at Santa Anita Park, and the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in 2025. Meanwhile, a $2.5 million bonus awaits the owner or owners of a horse who wins Pimlico's $500,000 Dinner Party Stakes (G3T), the $750,000 California Crown John Henry Turf Stakes (G2T), and $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T).
In addition, the winner of the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint will receive an automatic entry and travel incentive to run in the July Cup Stakes (G1) at Newmarket July 13, while the winner of the Gallorette Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares on the turf will receive an automatic entry and travel incentive to run in the Prix Jean Romanet (G1) at Deauville Aug. 18.
The Maryland Jockey Club will also offer bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of five horses in the stakes races during Preakness weekend, and another $50,000 bonus for trainers with the most points in non-stakes during the weekend.