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Alwaysmining, bred and foaled at the Fallston farm of “Poppet” Pitts, will run Saturday in the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

With no Kentucky Derby winner on hand to serve as its central star, the Preakness is left with a diverse field of 13 horses, led by favorite Improbable.

Local trainer Mike Trombetta says he's happy with the form and energy of Maryland-based Preakness contender Win Win Win

Alwaysmining could become the first Maryland-bred Preakness winner since 1983 and make Kelly Rubley the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race.

Trainer Michael Trombetta confirmed Friday that Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Win Win Win is headed to the 144th Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico.

Championship racing returns to Pimlico Race Course on Thursday for the opening of its 12-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 144th running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes on May 18.

Kentucky Derby notebook: In a race defined by a controversial disqualification, trainer Bob Baffert's highly touted trio of contenders never challenged the lead.

An energetic Alwaysmining returned to the work on a foggy and cool Friday morning at the Fair Hill Training Center with a half-mile breeze in preparation for the 144th Preakness Stakes (G1). Trainer Kelly Rubley called the workout “perfect.”

There’s nothing quite like the Kentucky Derby, with its collision of 20 costly, hope-filled odysseys, all sorted out over two frantic minutes before a bellowing crowd of 150,000-plus.

Runnymede Racing’s multiple stakes winner Alwaysmining resumed training this week and continues to progress toward his graded-stakes debut in the 144th Preakness Stakes (G1) on May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

Win Win Win arrived early Thursday morning at Churchill Downs following an 11-hour van ride from his base at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton.

Adam Aghion of Pikesville caught this impressive fallfish March 20 on the Maryland side of the upper Potomac River, using a drop shot rig with a No. 12 hook. Aghion said he made the trip to that location specifically to catch walleye.

Ting Cui a 16-year-old Pikesville resident, won a bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, this week. Coming off a

Debate over the future of Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness has become increasingly nasty in recent weeks. But even as the Stronach Group takes criticism from Baltimore officials, local horsemen say the track operator has been an effective steward for Maryland racing.

Team Delle Donne 's Kristi Toliver of the Washington Mystics led all scorers with 23 points in a 119-112 loss to Team Parker in the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday in Minneapolis.

It’s a tale — or tail — worth telling. Nearly half a century ago, competing in the Grand National timber stakes, a rider named John Fisher lost the race to his own horse.

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The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a $30.6 million, six-year deal. Orlov will count $5.1 million against the salary cap through

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Irish War Cry, trained by Fair Hill-based Graham Motion, is the 6-1 fourth choice in the morning line for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Maryland hunters reported taking 35,078 deer during the state's most popular hunt, the two-week firearm season. The total was 12 percent greater than last year's harvest of 31,304.

As the Wizards held off Sacramento, 101-95, in overtime, Beal scored 31 points and reached career-high figures with seven 3-pointers on 13 attempts.

Ten years later, Barbaro's injury remains the most haunting image in Preakness history — that titan of a horse tentatively jabbing his right hind leg at the dirt, realizing the shattered limb would not bear his weight.

Roy and Gretchen Jackson make Divining Rod their first Preakness entry since Barbaro.

Gretchen and Roy Jackson's Lael Stables is set to enter Lexington Stakes winner Divining Rod in the Preakness.

Firing Line seemed to enjoy the peace and quiet surrounding Barn 42 on the Churchill Downs backstretch Monday morning as assistant trainer Carlos Santamaria walked the Preakness hopeful under the shedrow for about 30 minutes.

Pittsburgh basketball forward Durand Johnson is leaving the program, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.

Maryland trainers have no doubt that California Chrome is the horse to beat at Saturday's Belmont Stakes. They also know that it won't be easy for him to complete the first Triple Crown since 1978.

If the horse racing world needed a little more evidence heading into Preakness week that the erstwhile "Sport of Kings" has turned a corner in Maryland, consider this scene on a misty Friday morning at the idyllic Fair Hill Training Center outside Elkton.

When Rosie Napravnik ventures to Pimlico Race Course to ride Bayern in Saturday's 139th running of the Preakness, the 26-year-old riding star can expect an emotional homecoming.

The field for the Preakness on May 17 is already taking shape, with Kentucky Derby champion California Chrome likely to face several threats he did not encounter Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Younger investors breaking into the sport of horse racing