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Thoroughbred colts raced in the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, Maryland, on May 16. This year's race was moved out of Baltimore for the first time in 118 years due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FILE - A broadcast shows staff painting the new colors of Paco Lopez and Napoleon Solo on the Pimlico weather vane after they won the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Maryland exercises its right to match an $85 million offer to keep Preakness branding rights

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Paco Lopez, right, atop Napoleon Solo, leads the pack to win the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Napoleon Solo holds off Iron Honor by 1 1/4 lengths to win the Preakness at Laurel Park

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Jeiron Barbosa, left, atop Wickeddivine, edges out Irad Ortiz Jr., right, atop Freeze the Fire, to win an undercard race ahead of the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Kentucky Derby winner skips Preakness, leaving Triple Crown bid off the table for 2026

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Thoroughbred colts compete in high-stakes races on Friday, March 15 during Black-Eyed Susan Day, the preliminary to Saturday's Preakness Stakes. This year's race was moved to Laurel, Maryland, due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Preakness racegoers bid a wistful farewell to historic Laurel Park

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the The Maryland Jockey Club, husband and wife, jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Brittany Russell, pose for a photo in the winner's circle with son Rye and daughter Edy, after Point Dume won the third race, Dec. 31, 2023, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (Jim McCue/The Maryland Jockey Club via AP)

Russell, with her husband riding, could make Preakness Stakes history with Taj Mahal

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Jockeys race horses during Laurel Park's Preakness Meet, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Preakness in Laurel conjures memories of suburban Maryland’s equestrian past

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A horse works out at Laurel Park during sunrise, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Laurel Park waited 114 years for the Preakness. It may be a farewell as much as a debut

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Jockeys compete during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race on May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Preakness could soon move later, to three weeks after Kentucky Derby

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Golden Tempo (19) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in Preakness Stakes

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Kentucky Derby entrant Silent Tactic works out at Churchill Downs Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Silent Tactic is out of the Kentucky Derby because of a foot injury, trainer says

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Jockeys compete during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race on May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Churchill Downs, home of Kentucky Derby, buys Preakness intellectual property

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah is is schooled in the paddock, Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. American Pharoah will try for the Triple Crown when he runs in Saturday's 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Build-up to Belmont Stakes nearing an end as American Pharoah readies for race

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 30-31 - FILE- In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert walks American Pharoah around the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Wearing a cowboy hat and boots, Baffert had already conquered the quarter horse world and was ready to take aim at the bigger money and prestige offered by training thoroughbreds. It wasn&#8217;t long before he piled up 11 wins in Triple Crown races and ditched his big hat but kept the boots. (AP Photo/Garry Jones, File)

American Pharoah could have nine challengers in pursuit of Triple Crown

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, center, wins the 140th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

American Pharoah wins sloppy Preakness Stakes, has chance at Triple Crown

Associated Press

'Right Side Forum' host Armstrong Williams. (GQ Magazine)

Armstrong Williams and the ‘Right Side Forum’ to ponder Baltimore, the Preakness and the UK election

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Exercise rider Jorge Alvarez gallops Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes favorite American Pharoah at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

American Pharoah, Kentucky Derby winner, a horse of ‘unbelievable character’

By Richard Rosenblatt - Associated Press