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Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes 2025, but Jody Demling, who has nailed the last two Preakness Stakes trifectas, just revealed his Preakness Stakes picks for the Saturday, May 17 race
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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.
The old Pimlico — some writers have called it America’s worst major sporting event venue — will take its final bow at the 2025 Preakness.
This will be the final horse race at the track ahead of demolition and a major reconstruction project, which will impact Pimlico and the surrounding Park Heights neighborhood.
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.
Baltimore Sun reporter Sam Cohn got firsthand knowledge of how to ride a horse from Maryland-based jockey Sheldon Russell and his wife.
Jay Croucher and Drew Dinsick look ahead to the 2025 Preakness Stakes, weighing in on some the betting favorites, including Journalism and Goal Oriented.
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