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Juice Wrld performs during Infield Fest on Saturday, May 18. 2019 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course

Preakness 2019: Dread about Pimlico’s future hangs over race marked by condemned seats, closed bathrooms

June 1, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

The odd sight of a riderless horse racing down the track may have distracted from several other missing elements at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday — working bathrooms, Old Grandstand...

Horse 1 Shelly Island crosses the finish in first place during the first race on Saturday, May 18. 2019 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course

Baltimore and Preakness owner Stronach fling mud in letters over accuracy of company’s financial filings

July 1, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

As the horses at Pimlico kicked up dirt and turf at Preakness on Saturday, the two sides jockeying to control the future of the storied event continued to sling mud....

Preakness contender War of Will, left, with exercise rider Kim Carroll aboard, is led onto the track, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 18.

Union workers at Pimlico Race Course avert strike before Preakness by ratifying contract with pay raise

June 1, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

With days left before the horse racing world turns its eyes on Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness Stakes weekend, employees at the Baltimore track averted a threatened strike by...

The Maryland Jockey Club and its employees at Pimlico Race Course and other tracks agreed "in principle" Friday to a new employment contract — days before the Preakness Stakes.

Maryland Jockey Club agrees to deal with Pimlico union workers as Preakness nears

July 1, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

The Maryland Jockey Club and its employees at Pimlico Race Course and other tracks have agreed "in principle" Friday to a new employment contract — possibly averting a strike the...

Bettors have left millions in winning tickets on the table — or ground, most likely — at Pimlico Race Course in recent years.

Preakness bettors have left millions in winning tickets unclaimed. Here’s how to avoid being one of them.

June 28, 2019 at 6:41 p.m.

The Kentucky Derby's wild finish — where first-place finisher Maximum Security was disqualified after a 20-minute review — should remind bettors preparing for the Preakness Stakes and the Black Eyed...

Pimlico flooded with calls from Preakness ticket holders looking to change seats located in closed section

June 30, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Pimlico Race Course has been asking for patience from ticket holders calling to exchange Preakness seats they purchased that are among the nearly 7,000 in a section that the Maryland...

Breaking down the $23 million spent at Pimlico vs. the $89 million spent at Laurel

March 1, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

Maryland lawmakers are scheduled Friday afternoon to meet in Annapolis for hearings on two bills that envision vastly different futures for Pimlico Race Course. One bill, supported by Baltimore leaders,...

As Pimlico faded, its owners were pouring money into their Laurel track. Was anyone watching?

June 29, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

The long-running competition between Maryland's two biggest horse racing tracks — Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course — might be entering the final stretch with the tracks' owner and Baltimore...

The track at a rebuilt Pimlico envisioned by a Maryland Stadium Authority study would be rotated 35 degrees from its current orientation to parallel West Belvedere Avenue and would be surrounded by nonracing amenities including residences, shops and entertainment.

Like ‘stealing the Colts’: Baltimore leaders gird for battle to keep Preakness in city

June 30, 2019 at 11:14 a.m.

Ten weeks after a study recommended that the city, state and Pimlico Race Course owner negotiate over the track's future, the dialogue has become strained and Baltimore’s elected officials and...

Loren McCaskill, a friend of the family, writes a note for Jordan McNair at his viewing. She wrote, "Jordan, Your life will not be in vain. You are loved and will truly be missed! Loren." A viewing is held today at Wylie Funeral Home for the Maryland football player Jordan McNair.

Death of Jordan McNair: Why did so few Maryland football players talk to investigator?

June 29, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

Dozens of players were on the field the day University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair fell ill during practice, suffering heatstroke that would lead to his death. But just...

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