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Former Poly star transferring to play basketball at Towson University. - Maryland graduates Cathy Nelson Reese and Sarah Forbes were selected for induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2019.
- Three years after rain and lightning made things interesting at the Preakness, Saturday's fog wreaked havoc for the trainers, if the not the jockeys and horses, going into the final turn at Pimlico.
- A closer finish at the Preakness than at the Kentucky Derby has given Justify's challengers some renewed hope going into next month's Belmont.
- The race-by-race results from Preakness Day 2018 on a muddy track as the rain fell throughout the day,
- Switzerland, ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. and trained by Steve Asmussen won their third stakes race of the day, the Maryland Sprint.
- The Belmont will offer a shot at minor stardom for many of the horses that fell short in the Derby and Preakness.
- Scott Blasi, the assistant trainer for both Hence and Lookin At Lee, has good memories from his previous trips to Baltimore.
- Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming was made the morning-line favorite with 4-5 odds for Saturday's 142nd Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.
- Always Dreaming arrived at Pimlico Race Course this morning and is settling into Stall 40, the traditional stall for the Kentucky Derby winner.
- Trainer Mark Casse said Classic Empire's right eye is "100 percent better," and the horse is being pointed tooward the May 20 Preakness.
- Todd Pletcher knows the narrative all too well, even if he rarely bothers to refute it.
- Trainer Steve Asmussen says Hence is worthy of the Kentucky Derby buzz.
- The Kentucky Derby has become a favorites' race.
- "We¿re going to pass on the Preakness,¿ Steve Asmussen said.
- Cathryn Sophia was in good spirits the morning after her commanding win in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks, which had Maryland breeders and race fans celebrating.
- LOUISVILLE, KY. -- He won the biggest race of his young career in track-record time and bested another Kentucky Derby hopeful in the process.
- In the brief moment of silence after Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist drew the No. 13 post for Saturday's race, trainer Doug O'Neill looked over to owner Paul Reddam. "We were No. 13 and we won the Breeders' Cup," Reddam said, grinning.
- Zee Bros, dismissed at odds of 29-1, proved to be the swiftest of all in the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, the marquee race in Saturday's Fall Festival of Racing at Laurel Park, which featured six stakes.
- California Chrome can win the Triple Crown at Saturday's Belmont Stakes, but even if he does, it won't dramatically improve the health of the horse racing industry, experts say.
- Five key storylines heading into the 2014 Preakness Stakes.
- 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.
- Untapable is an overwhelming Kentucky Oaks favorite, and the question around Churchill Downs hasn't been if Steve Asmussen's horse will win, but by how much.
