The Maryland-bred Knicks Go, the winner of the Eclipse Award with Horse of the Year and the 2021 champion old horse, has been named Postmaster Emeritus for Preakness 147.
Bred by Angie Moore and foal at their GreenMount Ranch in Gylndon, Md., Knicks Go will be recognized on Thursday, May 19 during the Alibi Breakfast at the historic Pimlico Speedway.
In 1996, the United States Postal Service opened a temporary Preakness station in Pimlico during Preakness week. It returns this year after being canceled for 2020 and 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Past postmen of honor have included Hall of Fame coaches D. Wayne Lukas and Nick Zito, cigar and Ben’s Cat champions, and the Post-Pure Care Alliance.
Sabrina Moore
“It’s really fun. I love Preakness and it’s something I’ve looked forward to every year since I was a kid,” said Sabrina Moore, Angie Moore’s daughter. “Being honored in Maryland’s biggest week is amazing. I’m so proud. It’s unbelievable.”
The Knicks Go is the third Maryland bred to win the Thoroughbred Grand Prix top title. The Hall of Famer Cigar was Horse of the Year and the elder horse champion in 1995 and 1996. Before the Eclipse Awards were established in 1971, Challedon had been named Horse of the Year in 1939 and 1940. .
The fourth foal of the mare bred from Maryland was Buddy of Kosmo, the Knicks Go made $40,000 at weaning at the Keeneland sale in November 2016. He was later purchased with for $87,000 in the highly anticipated September 2017 sale of Keeneland by the Korea Racing Authority.
During its championship season, the Knicks Go won five of seven starts including three Class 1 races — the Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park, the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga and the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar — and earned more than 7.3 million US dollars.
Retired after finishing second to defend his Pegasus title on January 29, 2022 Knicks Go retired with 10 wins, four seconds and a third with $9,258,135 in earnings in his wallet, second only to Cigar at $9,99,815 among Maryland products.
Knicks Go stands at the stud at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky. For a fee of $30,000. His first ponies will arrive in 2023.
“Looking back at it, it’s like those days are now just starting to get farther and farther away. I realize how special it was,” Moore said. “It’s just memories now, and I have to look back on all the things he’s done. It gets you through the day just moving on and hopefully working on the next big horse in the coming years. this day.”
Alibi breakfasts began in the 1930s on the porch of the old Pimlico Club House and features a gathering of media, owners, trainers, jockeys, horsemen and fans to Preakness celebration and fun and funny race predictions.
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