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If American Pharoah made us believe again, Nyquist reminded us Saturday that nothing really changed when that interminable Triple Crown drought ended last June. - The Preakness comes near the end of a busy day at Pimlico Race Course, with 12 races before and another one after. Here's a running breakdown of what happens in
- "For the most part, I think the horsemen, most of them, have no idea how to market themselves," said Sharla Sanders, who runs Nyquist's Twitter account and serves as an operations manager with Doug O'Neill Racing Stable, of which Nyquist is a part. "And it's really a shame, because now you have to in this day and age."
- American Pharoah answered the question that had hung over every Preakness and Belmont Stakes for 37 years. Which horse would finally end the Triple Crown drought?
- The Kentucky-bred, Japanese-trained horse created a circus at the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, squealing when he saw spectators or other horses. After training at Belmont Park in New York after the Derby, Lani brought his show to Pimlico on Thursday morning.
- All week, the connections to the Preakness' top contenders have been asked an impossible question: What will your horse do in the downpour that might drench the racetrack, or might not come at all? Their answers have differed only in style.
- With one last workout on the track for Nyquist at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, trainer Doug O'Neill had a final chance to identify a hiccup with the 3-5
- A soaking rain could dampen the 141st Preakness Stakes, but organizers are nonetheless predicting record crowds for a third-straight year.
- Leave is canceled and additional police officers are scheduled for the 141st Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, a department official said.
- In his return to Pimlico Race Course, jockey Mario Gutierrez has been asked to compare his mount Saturday, the undefeated Nyquist, to I'll Have Another.
- Trainer Dale Romans isn't back to 100 percent ahead of this year's Preakness, but he continues to improve after a serious car accident after the Kentucky Derby.
- Paul Reddam seemed almost too relaxed. The owner of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist had arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday just an hour or so before they pulled the post positions for Saturday's Preakness, but he seemed no worse for a long ride, which gave him something in common with horse racing's newest Triple Crown candidate.
- After Nyquist drew the No. 13 post in the Kentucky Derby, owner Paul Reddam looked at trainer Doug O'Neill and said he thought the number might be lucky. O'Neill put an equally upbeat spin on the No. 3 after the undefeated Derby champion drew that post for Saturday's Preakness.
- The blind draw will determine where each of the 11 contenders in the second leg of the Triple Crown will start in Saturday's race.
- As the crowds fill the infield and the stands at Pimlico Race Course for the 141st running of the Preakness on Saturday, consultants working for the state will be fanning out to assess what's needed to keep the Triple Crown race there on future May Saturdays.
- Towson resident George S. Nyquist Jr. hadn¿t encountered his unusual last name often in his 62 years. Until a colt named Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby.
- Nyquist has won each of his eight career races and is favored to remain unbeaten at Saturday's Preakness. But the Kentucky Derby champion's September victory in the FrontRunner at Santa Anita Park is reason enough for Exaggerator trainer Keith Desormeaux to be optimistic. It came just 19 days after the Del Mar Futurity, the 3-year-old colt's shortest turnaround yet. The break between the first two legs of the Triple Crown is five days shorter.
- "We¿re going to pass on the Preakness,¿ Steve Asmussen said.
- As the director of horsemen's relations for the Maryland Jockey Club, Phoebe Hayes, 55, is a crucial figure behind the scenes of Preakness weekend. Whether her office is coordinating rides for owners, overseeing admittance to the winner's circle after the Preakness Stakes or arranging a White House tour, Hayes juggles it all, ensuring smooth visits for the VIPs.
- The top two horses in the Kentucky Derby have arrived at Pimlico Race Course in preparation for Saturday's 141st Preakness Stakes.
- The state of horse racing today is much like the spindly legged 1,200-pound thoroughbreds themselves — majestic but fragile. Some in the industry worry that if an unscrupulous trainer's drug practices contributed to a thoroughbred's fatal misstep, it could devastate a once mighty sport that now only gains prominence for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
- While Baltimore's streak of at least 15 days of rain will surely be broken by next weekend, wet weather is expected to return for the 141st Preakness Stakes.
- For the first time since arriving from Kentucky Monday, Derby winner Nyquist took to the Pimlico Race Course track this morning.
- LOUISVILLE,KY. -- The revelry after Nyquist's Kentucky Derby victory was joyous but subdued, the team behind him all too aware they had completed just one of
- 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.
- J. William Boniface is the patriarch and owner of Bonita Farms, the thoroughbred breeding and training facility in Harford County's Darlington that had the last Maryland-bred horse to win the Preakness.
- For the past six months, Nyquist has run against a pack of skeptics who've tried to pick apart his credentials as a mere contender for Saturday's 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. All the horse has done in the face of those doubters is win.
- Dan ushers in Kentucky Derby weekend with a chat with an old horse racing friend and tips for home bartenders making Triple Crown-themed drinks.
- How to bet on the Kentucky Derby: Here's our pick.
- LOUISVILLE, KY. -- He won the biggest race of his young career in track-record time and bested another Kentucky Derby hopeful in the process.
- Trainer Bob Baffert, back at Churchill Downs with another solid Kentucky Derby contender in Mor Spirit, knows American Pharoah was a once-in-a-lifetime horse.
- MIDWAY, Ky. -- Camera-toting visitors to the grounds at Three Chimneys Farm can get a glimpse of the pampered lives of thoroughbred stallions -- the star
- Five key storylines heading into the May 7 Kentucky Derby
- The big Friday podcast returns with segments on the Freddie Gray case, a Live Baltimore event, the Maryland Film Festival, horse racing's Triple Crown and more.
- Minutes before the sand mandala was destroyed, I turned to the 6-year-old next to me. "My God," I exclaimed with feigned panic, "those monks spent five days making that beautiful creation. Now they're going to ruin it. Can't we stop them?" The poor boy looked up at me, then patiently explained: "They've been on tour for almost a year. I think they know what they're doing." As it turned out, the monks were in Baltimore to construct peace as much as to construct a mandala.
- Advocates of the bill say horse racing, which is overseen by several dozen state commissions, needs more uniformity to curb equine medication abuses. Opponents argue that such an approach would usurp states' rights and create an unneeded new layer of bureaucracy.
- As of Wednesday morning I had a column all written about the Canter for the Cure which is a really fun adjunct to the upcoming festivities that occur right
- With the Kentucky Derby less than a month away (May 7), Baltimore Sun staff reporter Childs Walker, who will be in Louisville for the race, takes a look at the
- Before the annual running of the thoroughbred Triple Crown races in Kentucky, Baltimore and New York later this spring, the attention of local horse racing enthusiasts will be focused on a series of jump races in Harford County this weekend and next.
- As bad as Maryland's state song may be, the latest alternative isn't destined to be a top-40 hit either
- The 2014 Maryland-bred champion 3-year-old is the only champion in the 2015 class to have earned a previous title
- State officials have asked the Maryland Stadium Authority to determine what it would cost to modernize Pimlico Race Course so it can remain home of the Preakness Stakes, which has been run there for more than a century.
- Baltimore City officials are seeking a master developer to revitalize the Park Heights community.
- Spectacular Bid owner Harry Meyerhoff dies at 86
- The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has cleared the way for retired jockey Ramon Dominguez, who won 1,010 races in Maryland, to be eligible for the Hall of Fame this year.
- Francis X. "Frank" Wells, a retired insurance executive who had a passion for politics and thoroughbred horse racing, died Wednesday of complications from prostate cancer at Lorien Mays Chapel. He was 87.
- When Frank Robinson was acquired by the Orioles 50 years ago this offseason, he found that Baltimoreans welcomed his bat in the lineup more than his presence in their neighborhoods. When he moved into Ashburton, that was already beginning to change.
- It was a close finish, but when Admirals War Chest charged under the wire at Laurel Park on Oct. 17, Stephen Sinatra felt his efforts as a Maryland horse breeder and owner had finally paid off.
- It's so clear now. The deal that brought Hall of Famer Frank Robinson to Baltimore — exactly 50 years ago — is the best trade in Orioles history for so many reasons that there really is no room for debate on the subject. On Dec. 9, 1965, the Orioles sent starting pitcher Milt Pappas, reliever Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson to the Cincinnati Reds for a former National League Rookie of the Year and MVP who would immediately lead the club to its first World Series title.
