Owner - Loooch Racing Stables Inc.

Trainer - Robert Hess Jr.

Jockey - Javier Castellano

Pedigree - Blame – Taletobetold, by Tale of the Cat

Tell Your Mama is the only horse in the Black-Eyed Susan still seeking her first career victory, though she has finished second three times and third twice. Her ambitious owner, Ron Paolucci, tried her in a pair of previous graded stakes without success. Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano has won the Black-Eyed Susan twice, in 2014 and 2015.

Owner - Dr. William Wilmot, Dr. Joan Taylor

Trainer - Linda Rice

Jockey - Irad Ortiz Jr.

Pedigree - Midnight Lute – Thin Disguise, by Yes It’s True

Bred by her owners, who met in veterinary school and have been married for 34 years, Midnight Disguise is the only filly in the Black-Eyed Susan to have two stakes victories to her credit – both coming over the winter in New York. She has the most wins of any horse in the group with four from six races. She will wear blinkers for the first time and be reunited with Irad Ortiz Jr., who is 2-for-2 when riding.

Owner - Roddy Valente, RAP Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds

Trainer - Dale Romans

Jockey - Luis Saez

Pedigree - Oxbow – Mexican Moonlight, by El Prado

It Coach Rocks seven tries to win her first race, but she’s since won the Gulfstream Park Oaks and finished seventh in the Kentucky Oaks. Basketball coach Rick Pitano is a co-owner. Oxbow, Coach Rock’s sire, won the 2013 Preakness. One of two horses in the Black-Eyed Susan trained by Dale Romans.

Owner - Sandra Sexton, Brandi Nicholson and Steven Nicholson

Trainer - Kellyn Gorde

Jockey - Paco Lopez

Pedigree - Tiznow – Caroni, by Rubiano

Her father, Tiznow, won the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2000 and 2001, was a three-time champion including 2000 Horse of the Year, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2009. She won the Martha Washington Stakes Feb. 10 over a sloppy track at Oaklawn Park and will be racing for the first time since finishing fourth in the Honeybee (G3) March 10.

Owner - RMJ Stables

Trainer - H. Graham Motion

Jockey - Jevian Toledo

Pedigree - Tiznow – Bsharpsonata, by Pulpit

Won an optional claimer by eight lengths April 28 at Laurel Park in her last start. Her father, Tiznow, won the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2000 and 2001, was a three-time champion including 2000 Horse of the Year, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2009. Trainer Graham Motion won the 2011 Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom. Jockey Jevian Toledo was the leading rider in Maryland by wins in 2015 and 2017.

Owner - William Pacella, Frank L. Jones Jr., and Frank Shoop

Trainer - Dale Romans

Jockey - Julien Leparoux

Pedigree - Take Charge Indy – C.S. Royce, by Unbridled’s Song

Won the Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs after winning her first race in January at Gulfstream Park. In her last start she finished sixth in the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland April 7. Trainer Romans also trained the mother, who won two of 13 races. Her father won the 2012 Florida Derby.

Owner - Bob Krangel, Kasey K Racing Stable & Michael Day, Final Turn Racing Stable

Trainer - Jason Egan

Jockey - Steve ‘Cowboy’ Hamilton

Pedigree - Great Notion – Diva’s Gold, by Tenpins

Goodonehoney is the only Black-Eyed Susan filly representing the home team, bred in Maryland and based at Laurel Park with trainer Jason Egan. She is also the only undefeated horse in the race, going a perfect 2-for-2. Her most recent win came April 21 in the Weber City Miss, a victory that earned her an automatic berth into the Black-Eyed Susan. Jockey Hamilton got his nickname rodeo riding in his native Oklahoma.

Owner - Robert G. Hahn

Trainer - Jeremiah Englehart

Jockey - Jose Ortiz

Pedigree - Union Rags – Fap Indy, by A.P. Indy

Her father won the Belmont Stakes in 2012, exactly 20 years after her grandfather did the same thing. A.P. Indy was a two-time champion who was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. Indy Union used a strong late run to get up for second in the Weber City Miss, a ‘Win and You’re In’ race for the Black-Eyed Susan. She has finished off the board in two previous graded-stakes attempts.

Owner - Godolphin LLC

Trainer - Kiaran McLaughlin

Jockey - Dylan Davis

Pedigree - Street Sense – Sara Louise, by Malibu Moon

The Black-Eyed Susan will be her fifth career start, third straight in a stakes race, and second graded-stakes in a row. She set the pace only to lose the lead but fight back to be second in the Gazelle (G2) in her last race. Her sire, Street Sense, won the Kentucky Derby in 2007 and was second in that year’s Preakness. She was bred by her owners.

Owner - Maxis Stable

Trainer - Jeff Talley

Jockey - Sheldon Russell

Pedigree - Run Away and Hide – Zeenut, by Mingun

Owner Sidney Karmia of San Antonio developed a friendship with trainer Jeff Talley after Talley claimed one of his horses several years ago, and now he trains all of Karmia’s horses. They claimed their Black-Eyed Susan filly for $25,000 after she won her second career start last fall. She trained over the local surface at Pimlico in the winter and spring and has made her last three starts in Maryland, winning once.