Horse Racing
Preakness Stakes’ future unclear after snub from new six-race championship
A new six-race horse championship that excludes Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course could mean the end of the Preakness Stakes as a premium sporting event.
Preakness shifting back to three weeks and a day after the Kentucky Derby, to be run on a Sunday
The Preakness Stakes is moving to three weeks and a day after the Kentucky Derby and is set to be run on a Sunday for the first time.
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Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo faces a pace challenge in the Belmont Stakes
The front-running horses in the Kentucky Derby last month completed the first quarter-mile in under 23 seconds and a half-mile in under 47 seconds.
Teenage girl arrested after competition horses were stabbed in Las Vegas
A teenage girl was arrested this weekend after authorities said she injured three competition horses at a barn in Las Vegas.
Kentucky Derby winner skips Preakness, leaving Triple Crown bid off the table for 2026
The 151st Preakness Stakes will run Saturday without the one horse capable of chasing history.
Hit Zero dies after collapsing at Laurel Park on Black-Eyed Susan Day
A racehorse, Hit Zero, suffered a fatal cardiac event Friday at Laurel Park on Black-Eyed Susan Day, casting a somber note over the opening of Preakness Stakes weekend.
Preakness racegoers bid a wistful farewell to historic Laurel Park
Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course did not host the Preakness, the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown, for the first time in 118 years. That made this weekend's 151st race likely a last hurrah for Laurel, which opened in 1911 and is slated to become a training facility next year as officials consolidate the state's declining racing industry.
Russell, with her husband riding, could make Preakness Stakes history with Taj Mahal
Brittany Russell is the latest woman with a chance to etch her name into horse racing history.
Preakness in Laurel conjures memories of suburban Maryland’s equestrian past
The Maryland Jockey Club will host the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday for the first and only time, stirring long-buried memories of the urbanized area's equestrian past.
Laurel Park waited 114 years for the Preakness. It may be a farewell as much as a debut
The crowds that once packed Laurel Park dressed in their best to watch champions like Secretariat and Seabiscuit have long since disappeared. For one final weekend, they are coming back.
