triple crown

Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson had those skinny legs and a gingerly gait that made it seem as if his feet always hurt. But the ferocity with which he played baseball belied his appearance.

At its core, 2018 was defined not by games but by the complex and sometimes tragic stories that accompany them.

By Childs Walker

Dec 20, 2018

The Maryland Stadium Authority's recommendations for a rebuilt Pimlico as home to the Preakeness Stakes are ambitious — and doable.

A new Maryland Stadium Authority study says $424 million in upgrades are needed at Pimlico Race Course. A summary of the report obtained by The Baltimore Sun recommends adding amenities such as a grocery store, hotel, other retail shops and townhouses.

By Luke Broadwater

Dec 12, 2018

Tickets to the 144th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course are on sale. The Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, will be held May 18.

Frank Stronach, founder of the company that owns Pimlico Race Course, has sued his daughter Belinda, who had taken the reins of the business in recent years. Frank is trying to wrest control from Belinda, who is expected in Baltimore in 10 days for the Maryland Million at Laurel.

By Jean Marbella

Oct 10, 2018

Justify has retired, done in by a bum ankle that will whisk him to WinStar Farm (Ky.), which announced Wednesday that the celebrated champion will stand at stud after a season well spent.

By Mike Klingaman

Jul 25, 2018

The Preakness should move to Laural. The Pimlico Race Course actually hurts rather than helps the local economy. We have it backward: The neighborhood surrounding Pimlico is not decaying and poor in spite of the track, but at least partly because of it.

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

Justify will take time to rest and relax after his Triple Crown triumph. When he will race again is anybody's guess at this point.

Triple Crown winner Justify has returned to Churchill Downs to rest as the track where the quest began prepares to celebrate the milestone.

A rival owner said Restoring Hope seemed to act as “more of an offensive lineman" for Triple Crown winner Justify than a racehorse trying to win the Belmont.

By Childs Walker

Jun 11, 2018

Reaction from around the country to Justify's Belmont victory and becoming the 13th Triple Crown winner.

New Triple Crown winner Justify looked fit and happy the morning after his career-defining victory. And he's likely to keep racing, trainer Bob Baffert and his owners said.

By Childs Walker

Jun 10, 2018

Forty-five years to the day after another big chestnut, Secretariat, swept the Belmont by an astonishing 31 lengths, Justify made his own brand of history by becoming the 13th Triple Crown winner

By Childs Walker

Jun 9, 2018

Fans at Laurel Park taking in the Belmont Stakes were divided about whether Preakness should relocate from Pimlico to Laurel.

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 9, 2018

Justify became the 13th Triple Crown winner with a thrilling victory in the Belmont Stakes Saturday at Belmont Park. Meet all of them.

For starters, Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots' tight end, was set to meet his namesake before the Belmont.

By Childs Walker

Jun 9, 2018

It looks like Justify, who won his first two Triple Crown races in the mud, will have a clean track today in the Belmont. It didn't rain Friday and the forecast looks clear today.

Everything you need to know to watch Justify try for a Triple Crown during the 150th Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 8, 2018

Justify has a chance to become the 13th Triple Crown winner in history in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, but some observers perceive a lack of buzz compared to American Pharoah's run in 2015.

By Childs Walker

Jun 8, 2018

A career-long devotion to fitness has allowed Mike Smith to seize his first Triple Crown opportunity, aboard Justify, at age 52.

By Childs Walker

Jun 8, 2018

In 1937, War Admiral became the fourth thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown. He was sired by Man o’ War, the legendary racehorse who had 20 victories out of 21

When Justify takes to the Belmont track Saturday looking to become the 13th Triple Crown winner, he will face nine challengers in the 150th Belmont Stakes.

The historically daunting task of winning a Triple Crown grew a little more difficult for Justify on Tuesday when he drew the far inside No. 1 post for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. 

By Childs Walker

Jun 5, 2018

Will the Triple Crown hopeful Justify have the best post position to secure horse racing's greatest glory? That'll depend on Tuesday's luck of the draw.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jun 5, 2018

From his own fatigue to the inherent difficulty of the Triple Crown series, Justify will face obstacles that transcend any one opponent as he tries to make history in the June 9 Belmont Stakes.

By Childs Walker

Jun 1, 2018

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior utility infielder and right-handed pitcher led the Patriots (20-6) to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference tournament.

If Justify is feeling any fatigue in the run-up to his Triple Crown bid, he did not show it Tuesday morning when he breezed a half mile in a brisk 46.8 seconds at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

By Childs Walker

May 29, 2018

Trainer Bob Baffert is pleased as Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify works out at Churchill Downs.

Justify will likely see some familiar — and fresh — challengers in the June 9 Belmont Stakes as the Derby and Preakness winner attempts to complete the Triple Crown.

Audible, a serious threat to Justify's Triple Crown bid, is out of the Belmont Stakes. Given that the horses share the same owners, his absence will surely stir controversy.

By Childs Walker

May 25, 2018

Baltimore and the Maryland horse industry can ill afford to surrender the Preakness to Laurel.

You can't put a price tag on all the history wrapped up in Pimlico and the Preakness.

Preakness champion Justify looked fit Sunday morning as he boarded a van to depart Baltimore for Kentucky, where he'll prepare for the June 9 Belmont Stakes and a chance at the Triple Crown.

By Childs Walker

May 20, 2018

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.

By Don Markus

May 19, 2018

Justify wins the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

By Childs Walker

May 19, 2018

On a day when everything else seemed to go wrong, Justify made it all right and is headed to the Belmont Stakes for his date with destiny.

By Peter Schmuck

May 19, 2018

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.

By Don Markus

May 19, 2018

.In the 14th overall race Saturday, Iredell and jockey Edwin Gonzalez claimed an allowance race.

By Jonas Shaffer

May 19, 2018

The race-by-race results from Preakness Day 2018 on a muddy track as the rain fell throughout the day,

Stonach Group COO Tim Ritvo doesn't expect the organization to put more money into Pimlico, and doesn't see a future for Preakness at Pimlico unless the state invests hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate the aging racetrack.

By Don Markus

May 19, 2018

Justify drew the No, 7 post on Wednesday for Saturday's 143rd running of the Preakness. He was made a 1-2 favorite for the 2018 race at Pimlico Race Course, which will have an eight-horse field.

Here’s what you need to know about Preakness Day.

By Jonas Shaffer

May 19, 2018

After the stock market crash helped end Noah Abramson's promising career as a professional show jumper, the Howard County native is making an impact as a thoroughbred trainer and won with one of his horses running Preakness Day.

By Don Markus

May 19, 2018

Preakness viewers who did not brave the rain and mud at Pimlico will get to watch the race from a new angle this year, thanks to an overhead camera NBC debuted at the Kentucky Derby.

By Childs Walker

May 19, 2018

Fractious and temperamental, Count Fleet won the Triple Crown in 1943, the sixth horse to do so. He breezed in every race, winning the Kentucky Derby by three lengths, the Preakness (one week later) by eight and the Belmont Stakes by 25.

By Mike Klingaman

May 19, 2018

Good Magic trainer Chad Brown acknowledges that his horse will have to improve in the Preakness if he’s to turn the tables on Justify, as Exaggerator did on Derby champion Nyquist in 2016.  

By Childs Walker

May 18, 2018

French-born trainer Rodolphe Brisset, a former jockey, has Quip in the Preakness after just one year in charge.

By Don Markus

May 18, 2018

Despite more rain expected for Saturday's Preakness, few seem worried about track conditions at Pimlico Race Course.

By Don Markus

May 17, 2018