The current version of Pimlico had its swan song — and one more great moment — Saturday. Here’s one reporter’s take on its greatest.
In today’s BackTracks, songwriter Burt Bacharach bred a pair of West Virginia-breds that competed against — and often beat — the best of their generations.
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.
Cigar, the Maryland-bred colt whose 16-race win streak captivated the nation, has died at age 24.
With the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame poised to announce its second class of inductees, we revisit interviews with connections from the first class.
Today in Racing History, Cigar won the fourth of his 16 straight victories and the second in his unbeaten 1995 Horse of the Year campaign.
