Baltimore ? If there’s such a thing as home-track advantage in horse racing, then Cherokee’s Boy could make history in the Preakness.

The Maryland-bred colt has never lost at Pimlico, and jockey Ryan Fogelsonger is the leading money-winner at the track this year. That should bode well for Cherokee’s Boy, who is spending the week at his stable in nearby Bowie.

A year ago, Maryland-bred Magic Weisner finished second in the Preakness. Starting from the No. 1 post, Cherokee’s Boy will seek to become the first Maryland-bred to win the middle jewel of the Triple Crown since Deputed Testamony in 1983.

“We’re all overdue,” said Gary Capuano, the Maryland-based trainer for Cherokee’s Boy. “Hopefully, one of the three Maryland-breds wins the race — preferably mine.”

Cherokee’s Boy was listed at 15-1 in the morning line. The other two Maryland horses, Foufa’s Warrior and New York Hero, were at 20-1.

• Middling midway: It isn’t often that a trainer considers his Preakness entrant to be the second-best horse in the stable, but such is the case with Midway Road.

Listed as a 20-1 long shot, Midway Road will move from allowance to Grade 1 competition when he runs in the Preakness. In contrast, Mineshaft will seek his seventh win in 14 races in Friday’s Pimlico Special.

• Praised saint: Lisa Lewis will be the 11th different female trainer to saddle a horse in the Preakness — the second from her family.

Lewis will follow the lead of her mother, Penny Lewis, who finished ninth with Hegar in 1993. Lisa Lewis is the trainer of Kissin Saint, who arrived from New York Thursday.