Horse racing

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.

Maryland’s leaders are also placing a bet — and it’s a big one. Thanks to legislation enacted this year, the state will invest up to $400 million revamping the Pimlico Race Course and building a new training center.

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

Mystik Dan faces off once again with Muth who bested him in the Arkansas Derby, and looks to become the first Derby-Preakness winner since Justify in 2018.

Forecasters are calling for widespread showers and thunderstorms during Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes.

With rain in the forecast and a group of “new shooters” in the starting gate, a victory for Kentucky Derby champion Mystik Dan is not a gurantee.

The Stronach Group’s investment in high-wattage entertainment to attract younger fans and bigger purses to lure the best thoroughbreds hasn’t paid off, with Preakness losing millions of dollars each of the past two years.

The Good Magic colt had a temperature of 103.