Maryland (click here) designated the black-eyed susan as the official state floral emblem in 1918. The black-eyed susan is a daisy-like wildflower with yellow petals and a dark brown center that grows in dry places. A member of the sunflower family and native to the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, black-eyed susans are common in Maryland fields and roadsides
...Pimlico (click here) even survived the anti-gambling movement of the early 1900s. While horse racing was banned throughout most of the nation, Maryland (and Kentucky) escaped the restriction....
Tim Wilkin
...He has gotten the best food money can buy (click here) ... for a horse. He has been given the softest straw to stand and sleep on. His water bucket is always full. Someone is watching him 24/7.
California Chrome's support staff will take some time off early Saturday evening. That's when Pimlico Race Course presents the 139th running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes. It's California Chrome's second date with thoroughbred history in two weeks. A win at Pimlico would vault the colt to the June 7 Belmont Stakes with the chance to become the sport's first Triple Crown winner since 1978.
Saturday, it's all on him.
