More Preakness horse racing news
One of these days, they'll just cave in to the obvious and call the final big race of the Hollywood Park autumn meeting the Bob Baffert Futurity.
King and Crusader made his first foray into his native state a winning one when he upset eight other Maryland-bred 2-year-olds in the $75,000 Maryland Juvenile Championship on Saturday's closing-day card at Laurel Park.
The owner of Maryland's two major thoroughbred tracks and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association reached a tentative agreement Saturday to maintain 146 days of live racing next year, avoiding another last-minute showdown that threatened the racing industry.
Rapid Redux won for the 19th time in as many starts this year, taking Tuesday's sixth race at Laurel Park by outstepping five starter allowance runners.
The Maryland Jockey Club today unveiled the 2012 Preakness logo for the 137th Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, to be run May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
Rapid Redux, who broke the record for consecutive wins last month at Mountaineer Park in Chester, W.Va., with his 20th straight victory, will attempt to tie the U.S. record for victories in a calendar year when he starts in Tuesday's sixth race at Laurel Park.
Dec. 15, Post Time: 12:35PM
Eighttofasttocatch led from start to finish in the $75,000 Jennings Handicap on Saturday at Laurel Park.
The thoroughbred industry missed Thursday's deadline to submit a long-term business plan to sustain the sport to the Maryland General Assembly.
Ron McAnally is much like the famous horse he once trained. Neither he nor John Henry would be considered the retiring types.
Rapid Redux, the 5-year-old gelded son of Pleasantly Perfect, is expected to go for a record-breaking 20th consecutive victory Monday night at Mountaineer Park in Chester, W.Va.
Rapid Redux, the 5-year-old gelded son of Pleasantly Perfect, owned by Towson native Robert Cole Jr., set the North American Record for consecutive victories by winning at muddy Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.Va. Monday night.
Rosecroft Raceway, founded in 1949 and closed in 2008, will reopen its doors on a new harness racing season Friday night.
It's been an extraordinary year for Havre de Grace - the racehorse, not to be confused with the Harford County city of the same name where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
A year ago, Shared Account arrived at Churchill Downs for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf as an outsider. Oddsmakers made her a 46-1 long shot, and her response was to win.
Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner, is back on the training track at the Fair Hill Training Center and being pointed toward the $10 million Dubai World Cup in late March.
At first glance, Rapid Redux looked small compared to his four fellow competitors in Laurel Park's sixth race Thursday afternoon.
Legendary Maryland horse trainer says he couldn't raise $100,000 supplemental entry fee.
Rapid Redux, who has won 18 consecutive starts, can tie the all-time North American record of 19 straight victories held by Zenyatta and Peppers Pride with a victory today at Laurel Park.
Racing history could be made at Laurel Park as Rapid Redux, who has won 18 consecutive starts, looks to tie the all-time North American record of 19 straight victories held by Zenyatta and Peppers Pride, when he starts in Thursday afternoon¿s 6th race, a $20,000 starter allowance.
Candyman E is coming to Laurel Park Saturday to run in the Frank De Francis Memorial Dash. He knows nothing about the De Francis or it's history. But his trainer Tony Dutrow does.
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It's deja vu for Maryland's thoroughbred racing industry.
Deep in the bowels of Laurel Park, beneath the oval where Secretariat, Seabiscuit and Barbaro once tread, runs a tunnel. It's a long-forgotten passage that bigwigs once used to escape the raucous crowds above.
