Related Program: Your Maryland "Early Horseracing in Maryland" By Ric Cottom & Lisa Morgan • May 22, 2020 Related Program: Your Maryland ShareTweetEmail Count Fleet crossing finishing line to win Preakness Cup, May 1943. Baltimore, Maryland.Credit Arthur S. Siegel / Flickr/Creative CommonsEdit | Remove In the late 19th century, horse racing enthusiasts worked to bring world class horses and high stakes races to Baltimore. Tags: WYPR FeaturesYour MarylandShareTweetEmail