Preakness 2015: Through the eyes of Sun reporters
Baltimore Sun reporters were on the scene during Preakness 2015. Here is a selection of the people, sights and sounds they encountered during the day.
Pimlico
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
From the Vault: The Preakness Stakes
This Saturday will be the 140th running of the Preakness Race. Through all those years the second jewel in the Triple Crown has always been a big draw for crowds. Though the styles and fashion have changed through the years, the one constant has been the mystic of thoroughbred horse racing.
Infield Insanity: Preakness debauchery through the years
The scene in the Preakness Infield may have evolved over the years but it still remains “The People’s Party.”
ALSO SEE: PreaknessPictures.com – Sun photo galleries from past Preakness Days.
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Hats of Preakness past
Black-eyed Susans, feathers and horses galore don the hats of Preakness past.
Faces from the races: Preakness horses
When the Preakness contenders are not on the race track, you can find them horsing around.
Park Heights: Exploring Baltimore’s neighborhoods
“You might have heard today that there were three shootings that happened over there on Cold Spring. Part of that stuff is what we’re trying to weed out. That element, as long as drugs continue to rule …”
Julius “Julio” Colon is aware of the perception – and, as noted in the quote above, the reality – of Park Heights. In his role as president and CEO of Park Heights Renaissance, Colon sees evidence of urban blight every day. Vacant buildings throughout the neighborhood. Forty-some liquor stores dotting long stretches of Park Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road. Significantly higher-than-average rates of teen pregnancy, HIV infection and recidivism among residents.
Best photos from the 2014 Preakness
As another Preakness celebration comes to an end with California Chrome capturing the second jewel in the Triple Crown, The Darkroom takes a look back at some of the best pictures taken by The Baltimore Sun staff.
Haute hats turn heads at Preakness
Yes, the horses and black-eyed Susans are a big deal, but everybody knows Preakness is all about the hat. Check out these sightings at Preakness 2014.
Bath time for the Preakness horses
The Preakness Stakes is a horse race steeped in history. Having first been run in 1873, the thoroughbred race is the middle jewel in the run for the Triple Crown. One of the little known traditions during Preakness week at Pimlico is the bath that each horse gets after their early morning workouts. Like most three year olds the horses don’t seem to be thrilled with the mandatory scrub down, but reluctantly suffer through them.
Pimlico perspectives
Larry Rogers and David Butts, the two-man team behind Mid-Atlantic Aerial, recently took to the skies to give a unique perspective over the Preakness Stakes racetrack, Pimlico.
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