horse racing
- The Washington Wizards announced Saturday that they have acquired forward C.J. Miles from Memphis in exchange for center Dwight Howard.
- More than two years ago the Maryland Racing Commission paid the Jockey Club $1.7 million for a new dormitory and barn at Laurel. The project still isn't done.
- Maryland's Racing Commission never monitored the nearly $22 million in public subsidies it has awarded to a private company for racetrack improvements.
- Talks between Maryland Jockey Club and Baltimore are progressing, raising hope of keeping Preakness at Pimlico
- The Maryland Racing Commission delayed voting on a $4.4 million subsidy until the owner of Pimlico and Laurel racetracks submits a plan for renovations.
- The death of horses around the country has opened up the question about the viability of racing and whether it has become a blood sport.
- Can we trust the Stronach Group to bargain in good faith on a plan to save Pimlico and keep the Preakness in Baltimore? We're about to find out.
- The Baltimore Blast re-signed Andrew Hoxie, one of the keys to their run of playoff success in the Major Arena Soccer League.
- Is there a compelling reason to watch the 2019 Belmont Stakes? Here are that and four other storylines heading into the June 8 race.
- The Maryland football program announced several updates to its future schedule, including adding home games against Kent State in 2021 and SMU in 2022.
- Former Poly star transferring to play basketball at Towson University.
- There are some lingering questions about the incident that sent a riderless Bodexpress around the track during the 144th Preakness.
- The Stronach Group's strategy of putting all its eggs in the Laurel basket may not be the best one.
- 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.
- A confounding Triple Crown season continued Saturday when War of Will won the Preakness in an upset at Pimlico Race Course.
- Improbable entered the 144th Preakness as a favorite, but trainer Bob Baffert knew before his horse left the gate that those odds wouldnāt come through.
- Check back here for race-by-race results from 2019 Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course.
- Bodexpress threw Hall of Fame jockey John Velasquez in the starting gate, but fortunately stayed out of the way while running around the track at Pimlico.
- Find out post positions, odds, jockeys, owners and trainers for the horses in the Preakness Stakes.
- Pimlico had another water main rupture on Friday, but service was restored quickly. Javier Castellano won five of eight races, including Black-Eyed Susan
- Point of Honor started outside but rallied for victory in the 95th edition of the Black-Eyed Susan, as jockey Javier Castello earned his fifth win of the day.
- Congrats Gal died after pulling up and finishing last in the eighth race at Pimlico on Friday afternoon.
- Trainer Bob Baffert has brought a parade of mighty horses to the Preakness. He's not sure his 2019 favorite, Improbable, belongs in their company.
- After 23 horse deaths in California and another round of debate over the future of Pimlico, an anxious racing industry prepares to host the 144th Preakness.
- Alwaysmining, bred and foaled at the Fallston farm of āPoppetā Pitts, will run Saturday in the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
- If each NFL team set its own rules for doping, there would be constant confusion and an outcry for reform. But thatās exactly how horse racing works.
- Jockey etiquette has been a major topic of discussion ever since apparent Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security was disqualified two weeks ago.
- Brad Cox is a rising star in the horse training business, and the 144th Preakness Stakes will give him his first shot at a Triple Crown race.
- This is an anxious time for the 100 or so trainers, stable hands, exercise riders and others who call the old barns at Pimlico Race Course home.
- 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
- 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.
- With the 144th running of Marylandās premier sporting event just days away, we asked some of the folks who work so hard behind the scenes to step forward.
- Days before the horse racing world turns its eyes on Pimlico for Preakness weekend, employees at the Baltimore track averted a strike, approved a contract
- Kim Boniface, a member of the prominent horse racing and breeding family of Bonita Farm in Darlington, died Friday. She was 51.
- 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.
- All things being equal, they'd rather remain anonymous. But meet the three stewards who would sort out a controversial finish at the Preakness.
- Just as he did after Classic Empire lost the 2017 Preakness by a head, trainer Mark Cassse is not looking back as War of Will gets ready for Preakness.
- The top arts and entertainment events in the Baltimore area for the week of May 12-18, 2019.
- Trainer Michael Trombetta confirmed Friday that Live Oak Plantationās homebred Win Win Win is headed to the 144th Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico.
- The Kentucky Derby champion won't run in the Preakness for the first time since 1996, but here are five storylines to watch for the 144th running of the race.
- Pimlico Race Course advocates, eager to preserve the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, say rebuilding could cost far less than $424 million.
- Just south of Middleburg, beneath what may be a field of corn later this year, lies hidden a long forgotten horse track. This is where Cloverbrook, the first horse bred, born and trained in Maryland to win the Preakness, was introduced to the sport.
- Loyola Maryland senior attackman Pat Spencer was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college lacrosse player, for a third time.
- A total of 268 horses were nominated to the eight stakes, four graded, worth $1.15 million in purses that support the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gary West also says he will file an appeal with the Kentucky racing commission Monday.
- Jockey Trevor McCarthy claimed his third consecutive meet title and trainer Mike Trombetta earned his first since 2015 as Laurel Park closed its 19-day spring stand Sunday.