
Twelfth-grader takes Preakness Portrait contest
A twelfth-grader won the 15th annual Preakness Portraits Youth Art Contest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

A twelfth-grader won the 15th annual Preakness Portraits Youth Art Contest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

California Chrome is headed to Baltimore and the Preakness, trainer Art Sherman told Pimlico officials.

Parx shipper Made Up crushed a good allowance field to take the featured race at Pimlico on Derby day.

In today’s RaceBrief, a Midlantic-bred wins a Santa Anita stake, while two others falter at Churchill, and a local win machine ties for the national lead.

Gary Stevens will not participate in the Jockey Challenge on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico; the Challenge will have 7 of the 8 active Hall of Famers.

We asked nine of our experts to name their top selections for tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby. They did, and the winner is…

This week’s On Tap features the region’s best racing, including stakes from Parx and an intriguing allowance at Pimlico.

Anne Poulson pinhooked 1994 Kentucky Derby winner Go for Gin. She’ll be back in the Derby tomorrow when General a Rod, whom she bred, runs for the roses.

Pimlico’s turf superintendent estimated that 6.2 million gallons of water were dumped on the track yesterday. That didn’t bother Trevor McCarthy.

With no racing at Parx and not much at Charles Town, claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic slipped to its lowest level since February.
Five horses bred in the mid-Atlantic region are scheduled to tackle stakes races on the Kentucky Derby undercard, and we have their profiles.

Four Midlantic states are served by accredited labs following today’s Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) announcement of three newcomers.
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