Topped by the Grade 1 Preakness, the Maryland Jockey Club will host 16 stakes worth nearly $4 million during Preakness weekend May 20-21.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is set to auction experience packages to several “bucket list” racing experiences, including the Derby and Preakness.
The new Preakness arts contest will highlight “The Art of Racing” and is a collaboration of the Maryland Jockey Club and Maryland Institute College of Art.
Completing our 2021 wrapup, we remember some of the most important, exciting and memorable Mid-Atlantic races of 2021.
There was controversy aplenty, and some locals human and equine made very good, indeed. Here are some of the top stories of 2021 in Maryland racing.
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante recaps a baker’s dozen of the top Midlantic racing stories of 2021.
Medina Spirit, first past the post in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, suffered an apparent heart attack on the racetrack this morning at Santa Anita Park and died.
“Pony girl” Christine Higgs isn’t much used to the spotlight, but she grabbed national attention at the Preakness when she helped calm an antsy Rombauer.
Bob Baffert won’t have a horse in the Belmont, but all anyone can talk about is Bob Baffert. It’s exhausting, and another whiff.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air May 15 with a show featuring John Fradkin, owner-breeder of Preakness hero Rombauer, and Chuck Simon.