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Going down the stretch with Pimlico horse racing history

Longtime horse racing writer Marty McGee comes home to Baltimore to talk Preakness and state of industry as the second leg of the Triple Crown comes back to Pimlico with just one Kentucky Derby entrant – the winner Mage.

Frank Vespe of The Racing Biz brings realities of Preakness and horse racing industry to light with Nestor

Frank Vespe of The Racing Biz brings realities of Preakness and horse racing industry to light with Nestor

Our horse racing savant Dick Jerardi brings Preakness history and future into light with Nestor

Our horse racing savant Dick Jerardi brings Preakness history and future into light with Nestor

Let’s talk 40 years of Pimlico and Preakness weekend memories

There's only one guest who has joined Nestor for 31 years of Preakness week previews and handicapping every one of them. Our dear friend Dick Jerardi (formerly of Towson) ran off to Philadelphia from The News American and Sportsf1rst in 1984 and never came back – except for the third Saturday of May. A view from high above Pimlico from two guys who have seen it all at Old Hilltop.

The realities of Maryland racing after the Preakness

Frank Vespe of The Racing Biz brings Nestor the same great inside information that WNST-AM 1570 listeners are treated to every Saturday morning from 10-11 a.m. With another Preakness coming (and going), here are some realities of the Triple Crown and the horse racing industry that can't be ignored.

Longtime horse racing writer Marty McGee comes home to Baltimore to talk Preakness and state of industry

Longtime horse racing writer Marty McGee comes home to Baltimore to talk Preakness and state of industry as the second leg of the Triple Crown comes back to Pimlico with just one Kentucky Derby entrant – the winner Mage.

Dick Jerardi of BetOnline comes home to Baltimore to preview Kentucky Derby and Forte with Nestor

Dick Jerardi of BetOnline comes home to Baltimore to preview Kentucky Derby and Forte with Nestor

Going down the stretch at Churchill Downs to bring the Derby winner to Pimlico

For the 31st year in a row, our Baltimore pal and longtime Philadelphia Daily News horse racing insider Dick Jerardi of BetOnline comes home to preview the Kentucky Derby and the chances of favorite Forte in Louisville.

Attorney and recovering politician Todd Schuler talks Derby, Preakness and crawfish and crab cakes with Nestor

Essex attorney and recovering politician Todd Schuler joins Nestor at Captain Larry's in Federal Hill on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss his passion for horse racing, the Kenturky Derby and his weird Cajun spin on Preakness Saturday at his place.

The ghosts (and drink glasses) of Derby past and Preakness future

Essex attorney and recovering politician Todd Schuler joins Nestor at Captain Larry's in Federal Hill on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss his passion for horse racing, the Kenturky Derby and his weird Cajun spin on Preakness Saturday at his place.
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