This Saturday, May 18 will mark the first time this year that stakes racing from The Meadowlands will be shown to a national television audience as FOX Sports will broadcast live The Big M's first major event of the season, the $145,150 USD Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for open trotters.
Last Friday, a consequential debate erupted in Washingtonian’s newsroom: When referring to Maryland’s rowdiest horse race, does one say “the Preakness” or just “Preakness”? Our staff quickly split into camps, though most said they grew up simply saying “Preakness” as in, “I’m going to Preakness.” On the other hand, the race’s own website says “the Preakness,”