belmont stakes

Such a change, however, is going to involve more than just more breeder incentives and bigger purses. Those changes, however, seem to have been a good start at sparking a revival.

The purse for the 2014 Preakness has increased from $1 million to $1.5 million, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today. It¿s the first increase of the Triple Crown race¿s purse since 1998.

Horse racing commission approves 146-day schedule in 2014

The 3-year-old colt who inspired a summer fervor for Maryland horse racing by winning five straight races, including the 2013 Kentucky Derby, is entering retirement.

One of the half-brothers of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who finished a close up third in Saturday's Travers Stakes at Saratoga, has moved to Maryland in preparation for entering stallion duty at Country Life Farm in Bel Air.

Back in mid-May, when I was spending a few days in Baltimore helping out with The Sun's coverage of the run-up to the Preakness, I completely overlooked another horse-related story with a strong Harford County connection.

Janney anxious to see his colt get a chance to run; Preakness winner Oxbow third choice

After her two previous mounts pulled out of the Belmont Stakes, jockey Rosie Napravnik will ride trainer Todd Pletcher's filly Unlimited Budget in attempt to make history Saturday.

Rosie Napravnik will get another shot at history in the Belmont Stakes -- just aboard a different horse than in her previous two Triple Crown races.

In the days leading up to Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, favorite Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, said on a few occasions he felt his colt had yet to run his best race. After the gate opened at Pimlico and sent off the nine Preakness starters, the Kentucky Derby champion appeared to be well positioned in the middle of the pack on the back stretch. But Orb, the 3-5 favorite, and seven of the others in the field had to watch the rear end of Oxbow for the entire one and

Oxbow held off Itsmyluckyday by 1 ¾ lengths to give D. Wayne Lukas his sixth victory in the Preakness, winning a record 14th Triple Crown race.

Mike Pons has had a busy week. For starters, Pons, who owns Country Life Farm in Bel Air with his older brother Josh, was responsible for finding tickets for 80 assorted family members, friends and clients to attend Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore.

In a pair of low-slung green stables manned by security guards and watched by 24-hour surveillance cameras, a pack of brawny young horses will be pampered and poked, assessed down to their smallest sinewy muscle and the blood in their veins.

Secretariat's 1973 run at the Preakness has received relatively little attention compared to his victories in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. But as the racing world celebrates the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown, it's clear the Preakness played an important part in cementing his legacy.

The last African-American jockey to win Preakness was in 1898. Kevin Krigger wants to change that.

D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, has started 37 horses in the Preakness. He expects to have three more — Will Take Charge, Oxbow and Titletown Five — go to the post Saturday for the 138th running of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

With the success of Kentucky Derby and Preakness jockey Rosie Napravnik, the spotlight is on women who are rising through the traditionally male ranks of thoroughbred racing

Jockeys John Velazquez and Ramon Dominguez call for racetracks to provide increased insurance for long-term disability in cases of injury.

Gabby Gaudet, the new handicapper at Pimlico and Laurel Park, puts a new face on Maryland racing

Why haven't thoroughbreds gotten faster over time? Unlike humans, who regularly set new world records in track and swimming, today's best racehorses often post slower winning times than their predecessors from 30 and 40 years ago.

The object of the Pons' trip is the 3-year-old colt Orb, the 7-2 morning line favorite among the field of 20 entered in the world's most famous horse race.

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas is as much a Kentucky Derby fixture as spilled bourbon and bad bets.

Preakness 2013 officials consulting with local and federal agencies to assess threat level

Under Armour CEO keeps focus on getting his horses into Triple Crown

The world of sport is one of upsets, results that defy logic: N.C. State beating Houston for the NCAA basketball title in 1983 or Villanova over Georgetown the following year, Larry Owings over Dan Gable in college wrestling in 1970, the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Spinks over Ali in boxing, Dodgers sweep A's in the 1988 World Series, even Giants over Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. But perhaps nowhere is the upset move prevalent than in horse racing

If you can sire a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, or the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes, that's the golden ticket.

Deputed Testamony, winner of the 1983 Preakness Stakes and oldest living winner of a Triple Crown race, died Tuesday morning at Bonita Farm in Darlington.

Veterinarians who examined Preakness winner I'll Have Another before and after the race at Pimlico Race Course said this week that he was healthy and that his medication regimen was not unusual.

Even without I'll Have Another going for the last leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes did OK in the ratings for NBC, drawing an overnight audience 13 percent larger than last year's and 74 percent above 2010.

Union Rags tracks down Paynter in final stretch to win Belmont Stakes

Rosie Napravnik made the move to Belmont for this meet and has been one of the top riders heading into the Belmont.

Emotion on Friday was unique, even for seasoned observers of the sport

The absence of Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another opens up the 2012 Belmont Stakes from a wagering perspective. Dullahan and Union Rags are likely to be co-favorites, with Dullahan possibly taking slightly more wagering.

I'll Have Another's Triple Crown bid ended Friday when trainer Doug O'Neill said on the Dan Patrick Show that the colt would be scratched from the 2012 Belmont Stakes.

Belmont Stakes barn gets thumbs down from trainer

Savage-based Kroop's Goggles supplies racing eyewear for the world's top jockeys, including those riding at the Belmont Stakes this weekend.

Dullahan trainer Dale Romans bemoans shared barn but says that it won't hurt I'll Have Another's chance at winning the Belmont and becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner.

Bob Baffert-trained Paynter eyes Belmont upset

I'll Have Another is 2012 Belmont favorite at 4-5

Union Rags gets another shot at I'll Have Another in Belmont

Billy Turner will be in the stands at Belmont Park on Saturday, a shock of silver hair — and a slew of memories — tucked beneath his familiar Irish-peaked cap. At 72, he is the only living trainer of a Triple Crown champion.

Five things stand in the way of I'll Have Another ending the Triple Crown drought.