Region Still Going Big Even with Preakness Getting Smaller This Year

Region still going big even with Preakness getting smaller this year

For the first time in its 151-year history, the Preakness Stakes is coming to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and local leaders want to make sure the region feels every bit of it.

Preakness 2026: Maryland experts compare Laurel, Pimlico

Preakness 2026 is being run for what is intended to be just the one time next Saturday at Laurel Park. One good thing about that is much less effort will be expended to tamp down the urban myth about tighter turns and a speed bias at old Pimlico. Those two traits have been disproved over the years when making comparisons with Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. But compared with Laurel, yes, the turns at Pimlico are tighter. It is simple, re…