It has only pledged to keep the Preakness at the Baltimore track through 2020. Baltimore’s lawsuit, meanwhile, asks a court to grant ownership of the Pimlico track and the Preakness race to Maryland’s biggest city through condemnation. Baltimore is also trying to prevent the Stronach Group from using state bonds to fund improvements at Laurel Park. The lawsuit accuses the company of essentially manufacturing a disaster by “systematically” underinvesting in Pimlico, instead spending the majority of the state aid it receives on boosting its Laurel track. Hard feelings between Baltimore and the owners of Pimlico had been intensifying before this week’s lawsuit.

Source: National Post March 20, 2019 17:15 UTC