belmont stakes

Laurel Park will open its doors at 11 a.m. on Saturday so that fans can bet the Belmont Stakes card.

Based off the morning line, the Belmont Stakes boils down to two horses, War of Will and Tacitus, according to Liam Durbin.

One hundred years ago, Maryland-trained thoroughbred Sir Barton was the first winner of what would become known as horse racing’s Triple Crown.

By Mike Klingaman

Jun 6, 2019

Is there a compelling reason to watch the 2019 Belmont Stakes? Here are that and four other storylines heading into the June 8 race.

By Childs Walker

May 31, 2019

Mark Casse was at Pimlico Race Course before 6 a.m. Sunday, relishing his Preakness victory and looking ahead to a Belmont Stakes run for War of Will.

By Childs Walker

May 19, 2019

In 1980, a steward helped resolve the disputed Preakness in which the winner, Codex, was absolved of fouling his rival, a celebrated filly named Genuine Risk.

By Mike Klingaman

May 15, 2019

This week in Baltimore sports history (May 12-18)

By Mike Klingaman

May 12, 2019

Country House, the 65-1 longshot who was handed a Kentucky Derby victory by disqualification, will not run in the May 18 Preakness Stakes because of a developing illness, the first time in 23 years that the Derby winner will not compete for the second jewel in the Triple Crown.

By Childs Walker

May 7, 2019

Pimlico, Laurel Park and other tracks to phase out Lasix, an anti-bleeding medication. Tracks signing onto the initiative also include Churchill Downs and Belmont Park, hosts of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, respectively

By Jeff Barker

Apr 18, 2019

Across the years, many people and companies have owned the Preakness, but they don't anymore. Most are dead and gone. You don't permanently own the Preakness, you caretake it, and when your time has expired, you need to have it in shape for the next owner.

It's clear that Preakness is headed to Laurel and a lot of Baltimore traditions are leaving with it.

Glory Stars, owned by James A. Shannon Jr., came with a steady drive along the rail to catch front-running Tour de Force approaching the wire and forge a neck

Two Maryland youth soccer teams earned US Youth Soccer National Championship titles this past weekend in Frisco, Texas.

Justify has retired, done in by a bum ankle that will whisk him to WinStar Farm (Ky.), which announced Wednesday that the celebrated champion will stand at stud after a season well spent.

By Mike Klingaman

Jul 25, 2018

While the eyes of the racing world were focused on Justify's successful quest to become the 13th Triple Crown champion, Maryland's horsemen received some

Triple Crown winner Justify has returned to Churchill Downs to rest as the track where the quest began prepares to celebrate the milestone.

A rival owner said Restoring Hope seemed to act as “more of an offensive lineman" for Triple Crown winner Justify than a racehorse trying to win the Belmont.

By Childs Walker

Jun 11, 2018

New Triple Crown winner Justify looked fit and happy the morning after his career-defining victory. And he's likely to keep racing, trainer Bob Baffert and his owners said.

By Childs Walker

Jun 10, 2018

Forty-five years to the day after another big chestnut, Secretariat, swept the Belmont by an astonishing 31 lengths, Justify made his own brand of history by becoming the 13th Triple Crown winner

By Childs Walker

Jun 9, 2018

For starters, Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots' tight end, was set to meet his namesake before the Belmont.

By Childs Walker

Jun 9, 2018

Everything you need to know to watch Justify try for a Triple Crown during the 150th Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 8, 2018

A career-long devotion to fitness has allowed Mike Smith to seize his first Triple Crown opportunity, aboard Justify, at age 52.

By Childs Walker

Jun 8, 2018

Towson University senior outfielder Kendyl Scott was selected in the American Softball Association's inaugural draft Wednesday night.

Sizing up the field behind favorite Justify for Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

Washington Mystics star forward Elena Delle Donne is dealing with an illness that's being closely monitored because of her history with chronic Lyme disease and is listed as questionable for Thursday's 4 p.m. home game against the defending WNBA champion Lynx.

When Justify takes to the Belmont track Saturday looking to become the 13th Triple Crown winner, he will face nine challengers in the 150th Belmont Stakes.

The historically daunting task of winning a Triple Crown grew a little more difficult for Justify on Tuesday when he drew the far inside No. 1 post for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. 

By Childs Walker

Jun 5, 2018

Will the Triple Crown hopeful Justify have the best post position to secure horse racing's greatest glory? That'll depend on Tuesday's luck of the draw.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 5, 2018

Neither rain nor snow nor that other stuff can stop Larry Collmus from calling a horse race — though fog, like that which shrouded last month’s Preakness, comes close. Collmus is a Howard County native and NBC’s race-caller for the Triple Crown.

By Mike Klingaman

Jun 4, 2018

From his own fatigue to the inherent difficulty of the Triple Crown series, Justify will face obstacles that transcend any one opponent as he tries to make history in the June 9 Belmont Stakes.

By Childs Walker

Jun 1, 2018

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior utility infielder and right-handed pitcher led the Patriots (20-6) to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference tournament.

If Justify is feeling any fatigue in the run-up to his Triple Crown bid, he did not show it Tuesday morning when he breezed a half mile in a brisk 46.8 seconds at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

By Childs Walker

May 29, 2018

Jockey Feargal Lynch and trainers Kieron Magee, Jerry Robb and Mary Eppler clinched individual honors on a Memorial Day holiday program to close the 12-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico Race Course.

Trainer Bob Baffert is pleased as Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify works out at Churchill Downs.

Justify will likely see some familiar — and fresh — challengers in the June 9 Belmont Stakes as the Derby and Preakness winner attempts to complete the Triple Crown.

Audible, a serious threat to Justify's Triple Crown bid, is out of the Belmont Stakes. Given that the horses share the same owners, his absence will surely stir controversy.

By Childs Walker

May 25, 2018

Preakness champion Justify looked fit Sunday morning as he boarded a van to depart Baltimore for Kentucky, where he'll prepare for the June 9 Belmont Stakes and a chance at the Triple Crown.

By Childs Walker

May 20, 2018

On a day when everything else seemed to go wrong, Justify made it all right and is headed to the Belmont Stakes for his date with destiny.

By Peter Schmuck

May 19, 2018

A closer finish at the Preakness than at the Kentucky Derby has given Justify's challengers some renewed hope going into next month's Belmont.

By Don Markus

May 19, 2018

The 143th edition of the Preakness Stakes featured its biggest-ever infield stage, new and hulking “chalet” tents that offered towering views over the Pimlico Race Course track, and a winner that kept alive the chance of a Triple Crown in 2018.

By Scott Dance

May 19, 2018

About seven years ago, Bethann Dixon was attending Preakness as a fan of horse racing when she got a chance to meet one of the trumpeters whose “call to post” tune marks the start of each race. That started an ongoing connection with the second and third jewels of the Triple Crown.

By Scott Dance

May 19, 2018

“Every time I go to Pimlico, I remember Prairie Bayou,” Smith said of the 1993 Preakness champion. “I still have a lot of feelings for that horse; he’s always in my thoughts.”

By Mike Klingaman

May 19, 2018

Fractious and temperamental, Count Fleet won the Triple Crown in 1943, the sixth horse to do so. He breezed in every race, winning the Kentucky Derby by three lengths, the Preakness (one week later) by eight and the Belmont Stakes by 25.

By Mike Klingaman

May 19, 2018

The “run for the Black-Eyed Susans” is Maryland’s day to bask in horse racing glory, if not sunshine, and Carroll County, too, has its share of racing history worth celebrating.

Good Magic trainer Chad Brown acknowledges that his horse will have to improve in the Preakness if he’s to turn the tables on Justify, as Exaggerator did on Derby champion Nyquist in 2016.  

By Childs Walker

May 18, 2018

French-born trainer Rodolphe Brisset, a former jockey, has Quip in the Preakness after just one year in charge.

By Don Markus

May 18, 2018

The Bethesda native set another world record in the women's 1,500-meter freestyle, shattering her previous mark by exactly five seconds.

"I'm glad to see Post Malone here,” Baffert told the Pimlico crowd at Wednesday's post position draw, “because I really like his music."

By C.J. Doon

May 16, 2018

Prado, a longtime rider on the Maryland circuit, won aboard Anthony Merlino’s Thefundsarelow in the sixth race Tuesday at Parx in Bensalem, Pa.

Man o’ War, often considered the greatest racehorse of all time, grew up in Maryland, grazing on Eastern Shore grass and galloping on the tracks at Glen Riddle Farm near Ocean City. In his Hall of Fame career, he would win 20 of 21 races, including 1920's Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

By Mike Klingaman

May 14, 2018