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“He has absolutely exceeded our expectations,” Mike McGowan said. “He won his first race and I think at that time we knew he was a pretty good horse.

Drawing Post 3 in a field of seven, Nimitz Class will carry topweight of 126 pounds including regular rider Jevian Toledo

Secretariat, one of the greatest horses in the history of thoroughbred racing, was put to death Wednesday because of an incurable hoof condition....

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May 23 1876 — Joe Borden of Boston pitches the first no-hitter in NL history. 1884 — Knight of Ellersie, ridden by S. Fischer, wins the two-horse Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Welcher.

Veteran trainer Kieron Magee didn’t need a victory, but five-pound apprentice Axel Concepcion rode two winners to claim their respective meet titles as Laurel Park closed its spring meet Sunday.

Three stakes mounts at Laurel on Saturday led to three stakes wins for Jevian Toledo, one of the mid-Atlantic’s elite jockeys

Thomas Coulter’s homebred Nimitz Class showed no hesitation in running over an off track for the first time, powering home by 2¾ lengths to extend his stakes winning streak to four races in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

"He proved shipping wasn’t a concern and he’s familiar with the surroundings going on the road,” Cox said of Wood Memorial entrant Hit Show.

Our jazz columnist chooses the best new jazz albums of the past two months while reflecting on the passing of Wayne Shorter and the Grammy Awards.