Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness, will undergo a 3-year renovation

BALTIMORE –  Maryland lawmakers have passed legislation to rebuild the Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes. The Stronach Group, the current owner of Pimlico, will transfer ownership to the state to renovate and redevelop the race course. The…

Baltimore businesses brace for possible Preakness move

BALTIMORE – After nearly 150 years of calling Baltimore home, the Preakness Stakes could be leaving the city in 2021, a move that would take one of the area’s biggest party days of the year – and a lot of…

Preakness Uses Edgy Campaigns, Social Media to Grow

The 2012 Preakness will feature Grammy Award-winning artists, all-you-can-drink beer, and a “party manimal” with a unicorn-man sidekick.

Oh, and a horse race.

Maryland Horse Racing’s Last Legs?

LAUREL, Md. – The smell of hay and horse is thick in the racing stalls at Laurel racetrack. Farriers are shoeing horses, groomers are preparing their thoroughbreds and the vet is making his rounds. All the activity starts long before…