Strong Mandate, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee who’d been considered a possible Preakness starter, has been withdrawn from consideration for the race.
For Willie Delgado, California Chrome’s exercise rider, the upcoming trip to Baltimore represents a homecoming.
In today’s RaceBrief, we begin tracking the Preakness possibles, plus a regional roundup.
A twelfth-grader won the 15th annual Preakness Portraits Youth Art Contest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.
California Chrome is headed to Baltimore and the Preakness, trainer Art Sherman told Pimlico officials.
Hip-hop legend Nas and DJ’s Frank Walker and Glenn Morrison will perform on the main stage at 2014 Preakness InfieldFest, the Maryland Jockey Club said.
The fan base is shrinking. The foal crops are drying up. What’s a sport to do? George Rowand’s advice for racing: go to college.
Retired jockey Ramon Dominguez will receive a Special Award of Merit at the pre-Preakness Alibi Breakfast, one of a bevy of awards Pimlico announced today.
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.