Graham Motion

Here are the full race-by-race results from 2019 Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course. Race 1 In Saturday’s first race, Shelly Island came away from the maiden claiming with her first career victory. With Jorge Ruiz aboard, the gelding outpaced...

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, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown series May 18 at Pimlico Race Course. The $1.5 million...

A group of prominent American horse racing organizations and tracks — including Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness stakes — pledged Thursday to begin phasing out the use of Lasix, an anti-bleeding medication critics say is overused. ...

First-race post time at Laurel Park moves to 1:10p.m. beginning Sunday. The 48-day winter meet runs through March 31. Laurel's 19-day spring meet runs April 5 to May 5. There will be a carryover jackpot of $9,329.96 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 when live...

Cathal Lynch did not decide to uproot his successful thoroughbred racing operation lightly. But the 44-year-old trainer brought his horses, and his family, from Pennsylvania to a new base at Laurel Park in 2016 because he believed Maryland racing was...

Seniors Amar Sejdic and Sebastian Elney scored as the 11th-seeded Maryland men’s soccer team earned a 2-0 win over North Carolina State the NCAA tournament second round Sunday. The Terps (9-6-4) outshot the Wolfpack 13-1, and N.C. State (10-7-2) did not...

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 well-deserved attention of their own during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Belmont Park. For...

Race results from the Preakness Day races at Pimlico Race Course: Race 1 In a light rain and on a sloppy track at Pimlico Race Course, favorite Hill Shadow snuck past Beeks down the stretch to win. Hill Shadow, trained by Robin Graham with Xavier Perez...

Ultra Brat, trained by Fair Hill’s Graham Motion, won the $150,000 Gallorette Stakes in dominating fashion, running away from the field in the only turf race of the day. Four of the five turf races were moved to the dirt track because of the weather, but...

Long before the starting gates opened Saturday evening for the 143rd Preakness, even before the majority of the fans expected to pack Pimlico Race Course arrived for the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the biggest moment of Noah Abramson’s...

The Blast had their nine-game win streak halted Friday night by host Cedar Rapids, 6-5. But the Blast still managed to secure the Eastern Division title of the Major Arena Soccer League because Florida lost to San Diego. Vini Dantas had one goal and...

Fair Hill-based trainer Graham Motion watched his horses sweep all three maiden races for 2-year-olds on Friday's nine-race program at Laurel Park. Pin Oak Stud homebred Zestful rolled to a 23/4-length victory in the opener, completing about 11/16 miles...

In a ceremony attended by approximately 150 horsemen, jockeys and fans, led by breeder, owner and Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, Ben's Cat's remains were lowered into the ground on the northeast side of Laurel's paddock. He died from complications...

The history is thick in the Phipps family barn at Saratoga Race Course. So many brilliant thoroughbreds ran for the Phippses, from 1957 Horse of the Year Bold Ruler to 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb. As Hunter Rankin soaked in the past glories one day...

No. 23 Maryland (10-5-3, 5-1-2) was upset in the Big Ten men's soccer quarterfinals Sunday, losing, 2-1, at home to Wisconsin (9-4-4, 4-3-1). Sebastian Elney opened the scoring in the 28th minute for the Terps, the two-time defending tournament champions,...

Elizabeth “Binnie” Houghton could not have conceived a better name for a Maryland-bred champion: Crabcakes. Patrons shouted it with a smile Saturday as they watched the 3-year-old filly hold on to win the $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff as a...

The Chesapeake Bayhawks suffered a 12-11 overtime loss to the host Denver Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse on Thursday afternoon. Niko Amato (Maryland) made 18 saves and rookie attackman Josh Byrne scored four goals in the loss. Byrne has 32 goals in...

The Arena Football Football League announced its midseason awards and two members of the Baltimore Brigade earned top awards. Khreem Smith was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year and Shane Carden was named the Rookie of the Year. Smith leads...

As Graham Motion pondered what had just happened in the Kentucky Derby — why Irish War Cry had come to the top of the stretch in contention only to lose all his momentum over just a few strides — the next race, wherever it might be, was far from the...

A difficult-to-handicap Belmont Stakes became even more wide open Wednesday when likely favorite Classic Empire was scratched from the field because of an abscess in his right front foot. His injury cleared the way for Maryland-based Irish War...