Dirt tracks pose numerous challenges to track superintendents. Surface consistency and improved safety require digging beneath the surface.
For Alfred Vanderbilt III — whose father, Sagamore Farm founder Alfred II, goes into racing’s Hall of Fame in August — this has been a year of honoring legacies.
In 1966 Maryland-bred, Virginia-raised, Nebraska-owned Kauai King did the one thing sire Native Dancer couldn’t: head to Belmont seeking a Triple Crown.
In the neighborhoods near Pimlico, Preakness weekend is about more than horse racing, or parties.
Rogue financier Bob Brennan and Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas share one thing: They were stars in an important, but largely forgotten, Preakness.
The Baltimore riots led some in racing to wonder if the Preakness would — or should — be moved from Pimlico. That, say Baltimoreans, is the wrong question.
Millionaire fan favorites Down Town Allen and Russell Road ran Saturday at Charles Town. Their differing results speak to vulnerabilities, and legacies.
A sale of steeplechase horses this Sunday at Shawan Downs aims to stimulate the ‘chase horse market. It’s also helping to showcase the versatility of Thoroughbreds.
Racing industry participants use social media to get news, to promote their businesses, to engage with fans — sometimes even those they’d rather block.
Secretariat’s 45th birthday celebration will take place this weekend at The Meadow, his birthplace, which was recently placed on the state historic register.