Laurel Park picks and ponderings: May 16, 2026
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Two different pace scenarios, two versions of an ideal setup: Navajo Warrior won the Pimlico Special, and Peach Tie scored in the Miss Preakness.
As of mid-day Friday, more than half-a-million dollars have been wagered on the Preakness. Here are the latest odds.
We asked our experts for their top picks for all of Friday’s graded stakes at Laurel Park, topped by the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan.
Is Napoleon Solo a distance-limited miler type? Or is he a horse capable of more but with recent excuses? The answer could decide the Preakness.
The undefeated Shane’s Wonder is taking his humans along for an unexpected ride — including his 80-year-old managing partner.
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Trainer Graham Motion is slated to send out 13 runners over Preakness weekend at Laurel Park — and each and every one is entered on the turf.
Trainer Mike Trombetta has four runners in Laurel Park stakes this Preakness weekend and calls it a chance to grab “a share of the spotlight.”
Saturday’s Preakness Stakes will feel unusual at Laurel Park — and stranger yet, by its absence, in the Park Heights neighborhood around Pimlico.