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Pimlico picks and ponderings: May 17, 2025
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Pimlico.

Margie’s Intention scores in delayed Black-Eyed Susan
Making her first start in Brad Cox’s barn, Margie’s Intention jumped up from Louisiana-bred company to win the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at PImlico.

One last time, it’s always something at Pimlico
Maybe it was inevitable. Maybe there had to be, you know, something unusual to happen this weekend at Pimlico. Given the history and all.

Preakness: Pay Billy could pay off in a big way
Nearly three dozen Minnesotans will head to Pimlico Saturday to cheer on Minnesota-owned Pay Billy, his owners’ first horse.

Experts’ Black-Eyed Susan day picks
We asked our experts for their take on who will win the key stakes Friday on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico. Their answers.

VIDEO: Playing the Preakness day late Pick 5
Our handicappers dig into Saturday’s late Pick 5 from Pimlico, featuring the Preakness and the Dinner Party in an all-stakes sequence.

Pimlico picks and ponderings: May 16, 2025
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Pimlico.

McCarthy hoping for “clean break” for Journalism
Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is giving trainer Michael McCarthy positive signs he’ll run big — if he avoids trouble.

Maryland racing stakeholders nervously eye the future
The starting gate issues that plagued Pimlico’s opening weekend felt eerily symbolic to some Maryland racing stakeholders.

Preakness: Nik Juarez back home, spying new heights
Jockey Nik Juarez is back home to see his old retired horse, eat some crabcakes, visit with family and friends — oh, and ride in the Preakness.