Preakness Stakes, Baltimore and Pimlico Race Course
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This year's Preakness Weeks started on April 28th, and each day of the week since, the Maryland Jockey Club put the spotlight on one local business.
The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes takes place Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, with a lineup consisting of three Kentucky Derby runners-up and a remaining field of unknown entities and potential surprise winners.
After a scary 2011 accident left him with 24 broken bones and led to five weeks in a coma, jockey Raul Mena will race in the 2025 Preakness.
Horse racing's Triple Crown resumes on Saturday when the starting gate opens for the middle jewel, the 2025 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race
Preakness Stakes traditions: Drinks, fashion, flowers, Black-eyed Susan cocktail and blanket, trophy
The second jewel of the Triple Crown shines with traditions. Don't miss the 2025 Preakness Stakes, this Saturday, May 17, at 2:30 PM ET on Peacock.
Saturday will come soon enough. The horses are not the only game in town. The Orioles, for example, are well toward the rear of the American League East, but there is still enough time to rally and get nose-to-nose and belly-to-belly against the two cities Baltimore loves to put in its place: New York and Boston.
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The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming.
Baltimore Sun reporter Sam Cohn got firsthand knowledge of how to ride a horse from Maryland-based jockey Sheldon Russell and his wife.