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The Preakness Week sunrise tour takes in the scene. Photo by Jim McCue

OTTBs play part in Preakness Week fanfare

The annual Preakness Week sunrise tours at Pimlico this week have a new ending point. After the barns, the jock’s room, the winner’s circle, and other highlights have been shown and described, race fans who turn out for the second jewel of the Triple Crown will wrap up their tour from 6-to-9 a.m., with a stop at a table manned by eager, fresh-faced equestrians with their own horse stories to tell. Stories not of racing greats like Kentucky Derby winner Orb, or those glistening racehorses who will arrive on the track this Saturday like prizefighters. These are tales of lesser […]