
Leatherman: Pimlico barn offers close-up look at history
While a number of trainers are stabled at Pimlico, only Faith Leatherman’s barn is on the front side, by the stakes barn, giving her a front row seat to history each year.

While a number of trainers are stabled at Pimlico, only Faith Leatherman’s barn is on the front side, by the stakes barn, giving her a front row seat to history each year.

A severe thunderstorm forced the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Pimlico’s Sunday card after four races, leaving a $280,000 carryover in the Pick 6 heading into Monday’s mandatory payout day.

Hard-hitting veteran Page McKenney won the Grade 3 Salvator Mile, part of the MATCH Series, while Money Multipler took the Monmouth Stakes.

The Laurel Park summer stakes schedule features 13 races worth $1 million combined during the 40-day meeting, which begins June 1.

With the first weekend of MATCH Series racing in the books, our first MATCH Series Star of the Week is Switzerland, winner of the Maryland Sprint Stakes.

An overflow crowd at a New Kent County town hall meeting largely welcomed the return of Colonial Downs, while casting a wary eye at a proposed Indian casino.

On Saturday’s “Off to the Races” radio show we’ll be talking Preakness and Pimlico, the MATCH Series, Virginia racing, and more.

Jockey Alex Cintron returned to action today at Pimlico, riding races for the first in six months.

Sunny Ridge, a New Jersey-bred, will become a millionaire with a win Saturday in the G3 Salvator Mile, a race which is part of the MATCH Series.

Live racing returns to Delaware Park May 30, with Family Fun Day slated for June 2, the opening Saturday at the track.

Trainer Jamie Ness, who has won every trainer title but one at Delaware Park since 2010, is eager for the 2018 meet to start.

Didn’t make it out to Pimlico on Preakness day? Our photographers did, and they share the scene with you.
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