Baltimore will be the center of the racing world this Saturday, May 20, when Pimlico plays host to the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes. Here’s what you need to know before you go. Get to Know the Horses
Month: May 2023
Underappreciated Stars of the 1920s: Reigh Count, Sarazen, and Princess Doreen
By the 1920s, horse racing was rebounding from the trying circumstances of the previous two decades, where the sport has contracted from more than 300 racetracks prior to 1900 to only 25 by the end of the 1910s.
Before the Legend: Remembering Secretariat’s Magical 1973 Season
Live long enough, and you may see a legend form before your eyes. Deserving immortality, yet also simplified from the reality you knew.
Eighth horse dies at Churchill Downs following an injury after Kentucky Derby deaths
The sport was already reeling from a series of doping suspensions and breakdowns before seven horses died in the build-up and during the showpiece event.
