Nice work if you can get it: for the first month, Pimlico will guarantee unique winners of its Jackpot Pick 5 $50,000 and tickets to the Preakness.
We sat down with Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas to get his take on the past, present, and future of Maryland racing. Part 2 of two.
The rate of equine fatalities at mid-Atlantic tracks rose in 2013, according to the latest statistics from the Jockey Club.
The Preakness, a couple dozen other stakes, and a full promotions schedule herald the arrival of spring and racing at Pimlico.
We sat down with Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas to get his take on the past, present, and future of Maryland racing.
King Leatherbury, who turned 81 today, saddled his first winner in 1959. He’s eighth on the Laurel Park trainer list this meet and hoping for a big spring.
Seven active members of racing’s Hall of Fame will participate in the Jockey Challenge on Black-Eyed Susan day.
Counting Crows, The Fray, and Annie Bosko will perform in the Pimlico infield on Black-Eyed Susan day, part of a big weekend of events around the Preakness.
Today in Racing History, Barbara Jo Rubin made her Pimlico debut a successful one, earning the first win by a woman rider in Maryland.
Our RaceBrief offers news and notes from mid-Atlantic racing.
