BALTIMORE – Anyone who has ever wanted a personal video copy of Secretariat's 1973 Preakness victory or a digital rendering of the race's Woodlawn Vase — and an actual 28-inch replica of the trophy to go with it — is in luck.
The Preakness on Wednesday became the first horse racing event to put up for auction digital souvenirs known as nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.
Making available 17 items ranging from full race videos to the trophy and a special Preakness horse for the digital racing game Zed Run is another way officials hope to market an old sport to a younger audience. “Launching an NFT collection around the Preakness, something that we know is very special and has been running for 146 years, I think will help us sort of make inroads to