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 wouldn’t 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 “Poppet” 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 that’s 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 Maryland’s 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 Plantation’s 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.