Pimlico Race Course

Oh sure, the second day of Pimlico’s 2016 season was rain-soaked and gloomy. It was so bad the small scrum of spectators for the opening race didn’t even…

It was a cold and windy April day at Pimlico race course as workmen labored with a forklift to put beams in place for the infield tents that soon will…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Adam Bednar of the Daily Record talk about the city's community improvement projects near Pimlico Race Course, funded by a tax on…

Maryland’s annual celebration of its historic horse racing tradition this weekend comes amid signs that gambling revenue may finally allow the industry to…

Shug McGaughey is the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who runs Saturday in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. Despite his long record of success, no one seems as surprised as the 62-year-old McGaughey to be pursuing one of the sport's top honors.

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Karen Hosler talk about the changes to the horse racing industry in Maryland and why many owners and trainers are so optimistic.