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Former Pro Baseball Player Gosger Hopes Namesake Hits Home Run in Preakness

This is the story of an obscure big-league baseball journeyman from a half-century ago and the Preakness Stakes horse that bears his name.

Jim Gosger is the former ballplayer, now an 82-year-old Michigan man who bounced around the Majors in the 1960s and ’70s with six different clubs, was the last batter to face immortal pitcher Satchel Paige, and who was once declared dead by the New York Mets.

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Goal Oriented the Pick to Give Bob Baffert Ninth Preakness Win

The 150th running of the $2 million, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico will be run without Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner Sovereignty, who is skipping the race and is expected

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Power Rankings: Journalism Targets Preakness as Top-Ranked Sovereignty Awaits Belmont Stakes

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

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Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Preakness

For the ninth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2025 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

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Which 2025 Preakness Runners Should Excel on a Wet Track?

Pimlico Race Course, the city of Baltimore, and the state of Maryland will celebrate the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes May 17, but it appears Mother Nature did not get the memo about the festivities as there is an abundance of rain in the forecast this week.

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