Preakness Stakes

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…

Welcome to date night at Laurel Park race track. You start with live music, mix in some cheap drinks, an all-you-can eat buffet and a twilight race…

There is a perception that Americans would rather play slot machines and watch car racing because those things are more relatable than horses. NPR's Laurel Dalrymple doesn't think that is true.

Many in the horse racing industry are looking to Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome to revive interest in the sport. He wants to believe it, but commentator Frank Deford says that's a fantasy.

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.

Hundreds of bills have been signed into law, including new restrictions on guns, higher taxes on gas, a stricter prohibition on using cell phones while…

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.

A bill expanding Maryland's gun laws another raising taxes on gasoline are among more than 250 measures set to be signed into law today by Governor Martin…

More on the resignation of Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Andrés Alonso. A look at the online sales tax bill passed yesterday by the US Senate -- and its…