The Preakness, to be run for the 143rd time Saturday, has been clinging stubbornly to its Pimlico perch as the middle jewel in the American Triple Crown for long enough now that anyone covering the event ends up dealing with the issue by reflex.Full Story >>
The 1993 season in Thoroughbred racing produced a juicy reel of highlights, with history made left and right. But in the end it belonged to Michael Earl Smith, the kid from New Mexico who had taken New York by storm.
The 158-year-old Woodlawn Vase, symbolic of victory in the Preakness Stakes, is commonly valued at $1 million. That's nice round number assuring its place in opening paragraphs such as this.
At the Red Board Cafe, the customer is always right. After being on the winner the day after both legs of the Triple Crown, the Belmont seems all too easy
It will take no time for folks to belabor the point that Cloud Computing got an absolutely perfect trip in his upset victory in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes here at Pimlico. This has already happened on social media and will continue into the night.
One year ago, Keith Desormeaux had a brief conversation with himself over what to do with Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator during the two weeks between the Derby and the Preakness. He was pretty much convinced he ran the best horse at Churchill ...
Mike Smith, the man they call “Big Money,” is a regular in the winner's circle at Thoroughbred racing major events, but the Preakness has eluded him since winning his first and only Baltimore classic in 1993. On Saturday, he gives it another shot with ...
The modern Triple Crown tilts heavily toward the Derby, with its demand for 20 horses and its overstuffed hype aided and abetted by a compliant media. The idea that an owner would skip the first race with a top horse in favor of the second has become ...
The National Weather Service and AccuWeather say no rain for Baltimore on Preakness Saturday, with high temperatures cooling to the upper 70s. So, it appears the Preakness will be run on a fast track, a far cry from the wet conditions that prevailed in ...
Royal Mo suffered a career-ending sesamoid fracture Sunday morning at Pimlico Race Course during a workout that was to be his last drill for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
So it was last Saturday when Nyquist and jockey Mario Gutierrez could not sustain the pressured momentum of a hot first quarter and half and ended up beaten conclusively by their former wing man, Exaggerator, and Pimlico homeboy Kent Desormeaux. Let ...
