Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes.
Eight-year-old Benny Havens snapped a 39-race losing streak to win Pimlico’s allowance feature Saturday.
The board of directors that will govern the new Maryland Jockey Club was chosen by the Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority Friday.
Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved nearly $19 million in expenditures to advance the Pimlico Plus plan – but not without trepidation.
One of ‘em sold for a song. The other cost $875,000. This weekend at Laurel Park, though, both Romeo and Lionel debuted in notable fashion
Maryland-bred star Post Time donned blinkers for the first time and laid waste to a Laurel Park allowance field in his 2025 debut.
Alani, claimed in December, won for the third time in four starts since, dominating a salty allowance/optional claimer at Laurel Park.
Haileysfirstnotion overcame a slow start to dominate a second-level allowance that was Laurel’s Saturday feature.
In its first public meeting since the state legislature voted for its demise, members of Maryland’s MTROA sparred as frustrations were laid bare.
Pay Billy won his second consecutive stake – and possibly punched his ticket to the Preakness – with a win in Laurel’s Federico Tesio Saturday.