Trainer Whit Beckman, once an assistant on Derby- and Preakness-winning operations, just missed winning his first Classic with Preakness hopeful Ocelli.
A battle over who can serve on the Maryland horsemen’s board has involved personal attacks, lawyers, a testy meeting, and now a lawsuit.
The fits and starts of the Pimlico Plus plan have made horsemen nervous, and now key state officials and legislative leaders are weighing in, too.
Kentucky Derby champ Golden Tempo will bypass the May 16 Preakness and point instead to the Belmont Stakes, his trainer said in a statement.
It’s looking like the May 16 Preakness will have a larger field than usual, as, though few Derby runners are eyeing it, plenty of others are.
In the first 2-year-old race of the year for the boys at Laurel Park, Call Me Micky J. jetted to the victory for trainer John Salzman.
Costa Linda, the second foal out of Maryland royalty Anna’s Bandit, won her career debut in Laurel Park’s first 2-year-old race of 2026.
Back in the barn of his breeder, Jamie Ness, Paco the Taco Man delivered his biggest win to date in Laurel Park’s Sunday allowance co-feature.
Churchill Downs’s purchase of the Preakness IP rights has some fearing the worst, others hoping for the best, and could mean not much at all.
The Belinda Stronach era of Maryland racing ends with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a “what just happened?”