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2013 Preakness Field, Odds
Field for the 2013 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday, May 18, with Daily Racing Form contender profiles and odds by Mike Watchmaker.Full Story >>
June 11, 2013
Pimlico average handle declines during longer meet

With seven more live race days during the spring meet compared to last year, total handle rose and average handle declined during the recently completed 36-day meet at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

May 18, 2013
Andrew Beyer: At 77, Lukas rolls the dice and wins
By Andrew Beyer

When Oxbow led all the way to score a 16-to-1 upset in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, the result confirmed one tent of trainer Wayne Lukas’s philosophy: You can’t win if you don’t run.

May 16, 2013
Jay Hovdey: Preakness Stakes a classic by any name
By Jay Hovdey

The horse race called the Preakness Stakes has been run 137 times, dating back to 1873, only it’s tough to take the first couple dozen versions very seriously.

Andrew Beyer: Hard to imagine Derby form won't travel to Baltimore
By Andrew Beyer

After Orb scored his decisive victory in the Kentucky Derby and was hailed as a bright new star of racing, many handicappers had a reason for skepticism. They had seen this scenario before.

Steven Crist: Each of Orb's races is better than the last
By Steven Crist

In many years, a Kentucky Derby winner who won the roses on a wet track with a modest Beyer Speed Figure of 104 would be only a tepid favorite for the second leg of the Triple Crown. On Saturday, however, Orb will be even money or less in the 138th ...

February 21, 2013
2013 Pimlico Race Course Spring Stakes Schedule

Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Pimlico Race Course 36-day spring meeting, highlighted by the second jewel of the Triple Crown, The Preakness, on Saturday, May 18.

May 19, 2012
Beyer: A defining moment for I'll Have Another in the Preakness
By Andrew Beyer

When I’ll Have Another made his last surge in the stretch of the Preakness and caught Bodemeister, this wasn’t simply a case of a stretch-runner overhauling a tired leader. I’ll Have Another’s performance - though the winning margin was only a neck - ...

May 16, 2012
Hovdey: Pimlico Special and Endorsement both making a comeback
By Jay Hovdey

Eoin Harty won a Pimlico Special in 1999, his final season as Bob Baffert’s top assistant, when 1998 Preakness hero Real Quiet defeated 1997 Preakness runner-up Free House. Harty will be back on Friday with Endorsement.

May 14, 2012
Beyer: Reddam learns it's not all academic en route to the Preakness
By Andrew Beyer

Paul Reddam, owner of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another, went from academia to Churchill Downs and now to Pimlico on Saturday for the Preakness, though in the middle there was another key phase - a business innovation that allowed him to go from ...