Author: Vinnie Perrone

Pimlico: From Preakness pearls to everyday whirls

Passions and more have burned at Pimlico since its grand opening on Oct. 25, 1870. Racetrackers past and present remember.

Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Stakes should be a fun race, but it’s unlikely to launch the careers of two Classic winners, like the 1982 edition did.

Jockey Mario Pino, a longtime Mid-Atlantic stalwart, became only the 10th rider to win 7,000 races when he won two at Presque Isle Downs Oct. 20.

Jockey Mario Pino is thisclose to 7,000 career wins. . So why does this pending metaphorical ribbon on a grand career feel like a slipknot?

Nancy Heil lost her husband in 2014, and then in early 2020, she was just weeks from losing their farm. And then Karan’s Notion arrived.

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