Tickets on sale for ’19 Preakness at Pimlico

Tickets to the 144th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course are on sale. The Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, will be held May18. The 95th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) will take place May 17, opening a weekend of entertainment and thoroughbred racing. Tickets to the 144th Preakness Stakes and BlackEyed Susan Day are available now at preakness.com. Tickets range from $40 to $720 per person, including multi-day tickets, trackside views from the Grandstand and Apron and race-day luxury in the Preakness Village. InfieldFest will return for the 11th year and includes a full-day concert experience featuring top-tier performers. BREEDERS’ CUP: In addition to full cards of live racing, fans at Laurel Park will be able to watch and wager on all 14 Breeders’ Cup races from Churchill Downs today and Saturday. First post Friday at Laurel is 12:30 p.m., with the inaugural $1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint kicking off the Breeders’ Cup action in Churchill’s Race 5 at 3:21 p.m. Post time moves to 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Laurel, and the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint — featuring Maryland stakes winners Chalon and Happy Like a Fool — begins the Breeders’ Cup action in Churchill’s Race 3 at noon. The $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Saturday will be Churchill’s 11th race with a post time of 5:44 p.m. Laurel’s doors will open at 11 a.m. today and 10 a.m. on Saturday. General parking, admission and seating are free.