triple crown

The industry lives with constant apprehension that the legislature could shift slot machines revenues — which have bolstered purses, breeder incentives and track improvements — to other sources. The only answer is to be stable enough to survive without gaming subsidies, said Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer for the Stronach Group, which owns Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course. "We've got to become a viable business on our own."

By Childs Walker

Nov 20, 2015

The Maryland Jockey Club unveiled the official logo for the 141st running of the Preakness on Tuesday. The middle jewel of racing¿s Triple Crown will take place Saturday, May 21, at Pimlico Race Course.

Saturday's Maryland Million will showcase several older champions including Not Abroad, an 8-year-old former stakes winner who spent nearly three years away from the track. .

By Childs Walker

Oct 16, 2015

"Nobody asked me but . . ." Dan Rodricks' unsolicited opinions on retired Hopkins doc Ben Carson, 'Mayor Mikulski' and Kevin Plank's crowning achievement

By Dan Rodricks

Sep 26, 2015

After talk of moving the Preakness to a Sunday or to Laurel Park, Friday's announcement about ticket sales puts the event on a Saturday -- May 21 -- at Pimlico.

We're back for a Season 21 of "Dancing With the Stars," meaning sequins, spray tans and semi-stars.

The Bowie Baysox clinched the Double-A Eastern League Western Division championship with a 6-3 win over the Altoona Curve on Thursday night.

It was understandable that Ahmed Zayat¿s thoughts turned swiftly toward retiring American Pharoah after the colt¿s loss Saturday in the Travers Stakes.

By Childs Walker

Sep 3, 2015

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has been beaten, losing to Keen Ice in the $1.6 million Travers Stakes before a stunned crowd Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

Former Maryland men's lacrosse players Jeff Reynolds, Drew Snider and Joe Walters have been named to the roster for the 2015 U.S. men's indoor national team for the FIL World Indoor Championships.

American Pharoah was made the overwhelming 1-5 favorite in a 10-horse field and drew the No. 2 post on Tuesday night.

Bob Baffert said American Pharoah "looks great" two days before the Triple Crown winner is scheduled to leave California for Saratoga Race Course and run in Saturday's Travers Stakes.

Former Westminster baseball standout Trevor Houck played summer ball in North Carolina. His strong performance gave him more confidence heading into his junior year at Lafayette College (Pa.)

The Preakness Stakes will remain on NBC after a seven-year contract extension was reached for the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Longtime Maryland trainer King Leatherbury will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame Friday.

By Mike Klingaman

Aug 6, 2015

Chanting "we want justice, we won't wait," and "Pimlico, rich and rude, we don't like your attitude," workers from Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park rallied outside Pimlico on Tuesday morning after they say their employer proposed cutting their hours and health and retirement benefits.

By Carrie Wells

Aug 4, 2015

Superstardom did nothing to dull American Pharoah's competitive form. He won the $1.75-million Haskell almost casually, with jockey Victor Espinoza easing him to the finish line as a record crowd of 60,983 roared approval.

By Childs Walker

Aug 2, 2015

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah had an enthusiastic rooting section as he galloped Friday morning in preparation for the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational.

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg will compete for the United States in the floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars and horizontal bar at the Pan American Games, which begin today in Toronto.

Lisa Delp and her 21-year-old daughter Meghan Delp, both of Westminster, have ridden their horses in endurance competitions across most of the east coast.

Six students from Harford County received the Triple Crown Award from the Music Teachers Association of Greater Baltimore on May 17th at the Honors Recital that was held at CCBC, Essex Campus. In order to receive this annual recognition, the students performed at the Holiday Piano Marathon at Kenilworth Shopping Center in Towson, took the MSMTA Music Theory Exam at Peabody Conservatory and performed at the Honors Recital during the 2014-2015 Academic Year.

All told, some 600,000 green acres are preserved in Maryland by the horse industry. The more interest and excitement generated by thoroughbred stars such an American Pharoah, the easier it is to save this open space from development.

Two local young adults, one from Highland and the other from Columbia, attained the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout at their Court of Honor held on June 7

What American Pharoah has done will long be remembered in Maryland and elsewhere

In his first exercise since winning the Triple Crown, American Pharoah takes a leisurely jog around the track at Churchill Downs.

Why not circulate photos of drug looters as constantly as those of the police officers charged in Freddie Gray's death?

What's the big deal?

The Baltimore Sun names its All-Metro Baseball first team.

Pimlico Race Course's 37-day spring meet, highlighted by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah's victory in the Preakness, ended Saturday with sharp increases over last year in total and average handle, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

American Pharoah's historic Triple Crown win drew the third-best preliminary TV rating for the Belmont Stakes since it started being measured in 1988.

Questions quickly turned to American Pharoah's future schedule and his potential impact on a struggling sport, but Baffert and owner Ahmed Zayat mostly wanted to soak in the moment after the horse won the 2015 Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown.

By Childs Walker

Jun 7, 2015

How some of the country¿s top horse racing writers and sports columnists viewed American Pharoah¿s Triple Crown victory.

By going wire-to-wire to win the Belmont Saturday, American Pharoah ended one of the most-famous dry spells in sports.

By Childs Walker

Jun 6, 2015

American Pharoah won the second leg of the Triple Crown in the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. On Saturday, racing fans in Maryland cheered him on from afar.

Even with record crowds at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, New York racing officials didn't want to deal with logistical problems that plagued them last year.

By Childs Walker

Jun 6, 2015

The Triple Crown trail ends with the Belmont Stakes, and it's finished in heartbreak for 13 horses whose Triple tries were foiled since 1979.

The Preakness meet at Pimlico Race Course ends today with a bonus — a mandatory payout of its 10-cent Rainbow 6 with a carryover of $275,321.

When the Kentucky Derby winner leaves Pimlico after the third Saturday in May with its status as a Triple Crown contender still intact, that ensures at least three more weeks of mainstream attention on a horse racing community that doesn't get much time in the spotlight. Though their portion of the Triple Crown is done, Maryland racing officials and horsemen still have a stake in the outcome.

By Jon Meoli

Jun 5, 2015

Two questions have hovered over American Pharoah's preparations for the Belmont Stakes: Can he triumph where 13 others have failed and become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978? If he does it, would his achievement lift a sport that has lost much of its stature over the last four decades?

By Childs Walker

Jun 5, 2015

When American Pharoah breaks from the gate at Belmont Park on Saturday, he'll be carrying more than jockey Victor Espinoza on his broad shoulders. He'll also have to lug 37 years worth of baggage around the track on his 1 ½-mile run for horse racing's elusive Triple Crown.

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 5, 2015

Though he was once a jockey and has guided the careers of some of the greatest thoroughbreds of the last 20 years, Baffert usually stays on the ground these days. His steed on this rare occasion was one of the great supporting characters in American Pharoah¿s quest for the Triple Crown ¿ the beloved buckskin pony Smokey.

By Childs Walker

Jun 5, 2015

American Pharoah is going to break the 37-year drought of Triple Crown winners, but money can still be made in the exotic bets.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert continues to see all the right signs from his Triple Crown contender American Pharoah, who took his first gallop over the track at Belmont Park on Thursday morning. "When he finally came down the stretch, he was moving so fluidly, like he usually does," Baffert said. "So it was a very positive gallop. It looks like he's moving along just like he always moves along. It was very comforting to see that. You can tell he still has his energy."

By Childs Walker

Jun 4, 2015

Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed helped dominate horse racing in the 1970s; after 37 years, "it's time for another Triple Crown winner."

By Mike Klingaman

Jun 4, 2015

What mainstream attention horse racing garners is overwhelmingly focused on the Triple Crown. Is it all too much? Are we obsessed with the Triple Crown to the detriment of a sport desperate to attract attention the rest of the year?

By Childs Walker

Jun 4, 2015

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert nodded in approval as he heard American Pharoah will start from the No. 5 hole when he attempts to become the 12th Triple Crown winner in history in Saturday¿s Belmont Stakes.

By Childs Walker

Jun 3, 2015