Top horse racing expert reveals picks for 2025 Preakness Stakes horses like Journalism and Clever Again with Sovereignty and Rodriguez not running

The wrecking ball is coming to Pimlico Race Course, a long-awaiting demolition of the dilapidated racetrack that opened in 1870 and for decades has seen better days.

Baltimore Sun reporter Sam Cohn got firsthand knowledge of how to ride a horse from Maryland-based jockey Sheldon Russell and his wife.

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.

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.

Preakness Stakes Jockey, Nik Juarez, riding for D Wayne Lukas on American Promise, visited Thomas Walkler’s students during Advisory period on Wednesday morning at Winters Mill High School.

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.