Rock N’ Bid nearly played Secretariat on the big screen. These days, says his former owner, the retired Thoroughbred is a star of a different sort.
With just days until its 2013 meet opens, Colonial Downs officials expect plenty of horses to fill cards on a lush, green turf course that just a few weeks ago was a charred wasteland.
Tightend Touchdown won the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup in impressive fashion — but, because of traffic, he and assistant trainer Henry Argueta nearly didn’t make it to Penn National at all.
Big crowds — well, and maybe a line or two at the wagering window — were the order of the day as the first-ever Penn Mile card brought top riders and trainers to Penn National.
Saturday’s Penn Mile is the beginning of what the racetrack hopes will be a revitalized effort to boost the track’s national profile. Our Teresa Genaro says that Penn is following a path blazed by Penn’s corporate partner, Charles Town.
Longtime Maryland and Virginia track announcer Dave Rodman has seen — and called — everything from the sublime to the ridiculous in his 20 years on the local racing scene.
Maryland-based owner Richard Hackerman attended the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan, as he does every year. Here are his post-mortem observations of the weekend.
The Maryland Racing Commission today adopted an initiative to boost breeding in the state. Advocates endorsed a step they view as crucial, but not everyone is pleased.
by Teresa Genaro No shortage of racing memories have been made at the track they call Old Hilltop. That hill in the infield isn’t around
In this Preakness memory, Nick Hahn recounts the tale of Scrappy T, who nearly brought his local connections from triumph to tragedy in two jumps.
Assistant starter Chris Campitelli and the rest of the gate crew have one of the toughest unsung jobs in the game: making sure a bunch of skittish horses settle and break cleanly. Teresa Genaro gets the lowdown (with video).
This year’s running of the Pimlico Special marks three great anniversaries for the race, including the 75th anniversary of one of racing’s greatest contests: the Seabiscuit-War Admiral match race.
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