The top three finishers from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby may renew their rivalry in the upcoming Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
Announcer Larry Collmus and Baltimore-based writer John Scheinman will receive the Old Hilltop Award at next month’s Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico.
Washington Post photographer Jonathan Newton has won the Jerry Frutkoff Preakness Photography Award for his shot of California Chrome turning for home.
For the third straight year, Xpressbet will offer a Big Bet Sweepstakes with one grand prize winner getting a trip to the Preakness and a $25,000 win wager on the big race.
Along with new wagers and facility improvements, Pimlico will offer significant bonuses to owners and trainers who run in stakes races over Preakness weekend.
It hasn’t been warm, and the cherry blossoms aren’t out yet, but we know spring is in the air, because the opening day of Pimlico’s meet is upon us.
“Country fuzz” band The Cadillac Three will headline a Preakness kickoff concert, the Maryland Jockey Club said.
Armin van Buuren, the world’s most popular electronic music DJ and producer, will headline the 2015 Preakness InfieldFest Concert.
Pimlico’s spring stand will begin April 2 and feature 21 stakes, eight of them graded, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today.
NYRA’s response to recent breakdowns at Aqueduct won’t likely solve the problem – but does call attention to an unintended irony and, oddly, the Preakness.