Author: Jennifer Kelly

Trainer Bethany Baumgardner a world traveler on horseback

Horses have taken Maryland native Bethany Baumgardner around the world — and back to Pimlico — as she builds her career horse by horse.

Bugler Jari Villanueva will sound the call to post one last time before today’s 150th Preakness and then retire — maybe.

Growing up in England, jockey Saffie Osborne didn’t give much thought to the Preakness. Nowadays, though, she says it’s high on her list.

Pimlico, a one-mile dirt oval bounded by generations of our collective memory, serves as the final home for racetrackers, bettors, even a dog.

New Jersey native Michael Greenblatt’s unusual cat has inspired a new children’s book, about a cat who races horses, and a horse’s name.

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