Preakness Profile: Jesus’ Team In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara He …

Preakness Profile: Thousand Words In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara His …

By Noel Michaels Maryland racing’s time in the spotlight has finally arrived after a 4 ½-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pimlico Race Course is ready for Preakness Weekend, with the main event – …

By US Racing Team Way back when, Maryland had one of the country’s top racing circuits, ranking up there with New York, Kentucky, Illinois and California. Starting in 1870, Pimlico was a showplace that hosted …

When is the Preakness Stakes 2020? The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds at Preakness Park run on the third Saturday in May. This year, the race will be …

By Noel Michaels Racing returns to Keeneland as the fall season opens for its three-week, 17-day meet on Friday (Oct. 2) and runs through Oct. 24. The meet will attract big fields and excellent horses …

Preakness Profile: Pneumatic In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara He didn’t …

Preakness Profile: Max Player In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara Max …

Preakness Profile: Mr. Big News In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara …

Preakness Profile: Mr. Big News In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By Ed McNamara …

By Ed McNamara Robert Wyndham Walden is a name you’ll be hearing often this week, and you’ll probably wonder why. The Maryland-based trainer died in 1905, 65 years before he was elected to horse racing’s …

By Miriam Lee When Milton Sanford bought a yearling sired by eventual Hall of Famer Lexington–Bay Leaf, by The Promised Land from A. J. Alexander, he named the colt Preakness. Preakness was the eighth foal …

By Miriam Lee Attendance at the Preakness Stakes usually ranks second in North America behind the Kentucky Derby and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races, including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders’ Cup …

By Miriam Lee Two years before the first Kentucky Derby, in 1973 Pimlico ran a stakes race for 3-year-olds during its first-ever spring race meet. Maryland governor Oden Bowie named the race, which was set at a distance of …

By Ed McNamara A minor foot issue kept him out of the Kentucky Derby, in which he probably would have been the second choice behind odds-on Tiz the Law. There was far more confidence about …