Horse racing

For years, the state government has sponsored a trackside tent, where the invited crowd includes past and present politicians, state officials and business leaders — and the 149th Preakness was no different.

It’s Lukas’ 15th win in American racing’s premier series and seventh at Pimlico Race Course, the most recent prior to Saturday being Oxbow in 2013.

For just $127, more than 2,500 investors bought a share in Preakness winner Seize the Grey. The money bought them the thrill of a lifetime.

Seize the Grey upset the favorite, Mystik Dan, to win the 149th Preakness Stakes.

Trainer Kenny McPeek told NBC after the race that it “wasn’t his day” but Mystik Dan would “live to race again.”

Fans braved the rain and mud to keep the party going at Infield Fest during Preakness.

But this yearling looked just like Arrogate, and so Nakayama investigated a little further. She found out the yearling, named Seize the Grey, was in fact Arrogate’s son, and she “fell in love.”

The grandstand was dotted with few attendees as rain soaked Pimlico Race Course early in the day of the running of the 149th Preakness Stakes.

The fashion looked a little different as attendees braved the rain at Preakness.

Here are scenes from the horse racing at Pimlico during the 149th Preakness Stakes.

It’s not news to anyone that the course and its facilities need work. Visitors have suggestions.

In recent years, politicians attending the Preakness Stakes have fretted about the future of Pimlico Race Course and the racing industry. This year, they had reason for optimism.

A dozen races are scheduled to take place before the Preakness Stakes at 7:01 p.m. on May 18, 2024.

Everything you need to know ahead of the 149th Preakness Stakes.

Gun Song, trained by Mark Hennig, paid $6.60, $3.80 and $2.80.

The $300,000 Grade 2 race is 1 1/8 miles on the dirt for 3-year-old fillies, and the undercard is filled with races for fillies and mares.

Five Towns also ran for $100,000 in the Dahlia Stakes on April 20 at Laurel Park, but this is considered a jump in class because it’s a graded-stakes race. Post time is 2:08 p.m.

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They aren’t in the best shape, but Pimlico’s green stakes barns have earned a reprieve from the wrecking ball because of their place in racing history, trainers say.

Of the second tier of horses, the most interesting for win honors also offers the best value.