Horse racing

The Preakness purse has been $1.65 million, while the Belmont Stakes' was recently raised to $2 million.

It was a banner year all around for Russell, who finished 2023 with 177 wins in 687 starts for nearly $8 million in purse earnings, all career highs.

What we learned from the latest plan to revitalize Maryland horse racing.

A new plan for reviving thoroughbred horse racing in Maryland would center the industry around a revitalized Pimlico Race Course in Park Heights that would be owned by a new state entity.

A representative of 1/ST Racing and Gaming, the owner of the Maryland Jockey Club and Pimlico Race Course, confirmed to The Banner that the Preakness is scheduled for May 18.

While the commission has not confirmed it, all signs point to a scenario that would end more than 100 years of racing in Laurel.

Several safety protocols, most of which were already requirements of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, will be strictly enforced for this year’s Maryland Million. But they may not be enough to quiet criticism of the sport.

Aiken, who is Black, said when he was getting started, he didn’t see many Black horse owners. But he believes that’s starting to change.

Without intervention, Craig Fravel claimed, Maryland racing would not have a long future.

Under the new Triple Crown schedule, the Preakness would move from two weeks after the Kentucky Derby to four weeks.

Advocates announced that a new board of trustees chaired by Taylor Smith, the former head of school, will take over.

Most will remember Prado for his decision to pull up Barbaro early on in the 2006 Preakness after the horse fractured his right hind leg.

Favored Forte finished second, with Tapit Trice third.

The thoroughbred racing industry was facing a June 30 deadline to reach a new agreement governing track operations, racing days and profits.

The owners of Pimlico Race Course are reconsidering plans to shut down off-track betting at the historic venue, a day after a news report indicated the track would stop carrying simulcast wagering by the end of the month.

Pimlico Race Course drew 65,000 people over Friday and Saturday this year.

Maryland taxpayers footed a $200,000 bill for a state government hospitality tent at the Preakness Stakes. Officials say the tent, a practice for several years, is a chance to show business prospects what Maryland has to offer.

Mage’s Triple Crown dreams ended Saturday night with stitches above his right eye and a homestretch fight he couldn’t win.

The only death of Preakness day was Havnameltdown, one of the horses under the care of controversial trainer Bob Baffert. But, with a record-setting Preakness win, the 70-year-old manages to keep insulating himself from scandal.

Our writer has spent years in Baltimore, and he has been around some of the biggest sporting events in the world. But he'd never experienced Preakness. This is how he saw it.