
Hahn’s Turf 10 for May 30
Nick Hahn’s Turf 10 for May 30 lists the top 10 turf three year-olds in the country — four of whom are headed to Saturday’s Penn Mile.
Nick Hahn’s Turf 10 for May 30 lists the top 10 turf three year-olds in the country — four of whom are headed to Saturday’s Penn Mile.
Saturday’s Penn Mile is the beginning of what the racetrack hopes will be a revitalized effort to boost the track’s national profile. Our Teresa Genaro says that Penn is following a path blazed by Penn’s corporate partner, Charles Town.
Ted Black turns his handicapping eye to Pimlico, Monmouth, and Charles Town for Saturday’s featured races.
Longtime Maryland and Virginia track announcer Dave Rodman has seen — and called — everything from the sublime to the ridiculous in his 20 years on the local racing scene.
Jeff Krulik’s wandering lens finds Blue the Preakness pony — who escorted I’ll Have Another to last year’s big race — racing secretary Georganne Hale, and others on the Pimlico backside.
Maryland-based owner Richard Hackerman attended the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan, as he does every year. Here are his post-mortem observations of the weekend.
The Maryland Racing Commission today adopted an initiative to boost breeding in the state. Advocates endorsed a step they view as crucial, but not everyone is pleased.
by Teresa Genaro No shortage of racing memories have been made at the track they call Old Hilltop. That hill in the infield isn’t around
In this Preakness memory, Nick Hahn recounts the tale of Scrappy T, who nearly brought his local connections from triumph to tragedy in two jumps.
Assistant starter Chris Campitelli and the rest of the gate crew have one of the toughest unsung jobs in the game: making sure a bunch of skittish horses settle and break cleanly. Teresa Genaro gets the lowdown (with video).
This year’s running of the Pimlico Special marks three great anniversaries for the race, including the 75th anniversary of one of racing’s greatest contests: the Seabiscuit-War Admiral match race.
At the pre-Preakness Alibi Breakfast, laughs, lox, and Black-Eyed Susans flow freely. And maybe an alibi or two.
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