We spend a few minutes with Georgiana Pardo, president of Aftercare Charles Town, an organization which helps horsemen find homes for their retiring horses.
Grade 2-placed sophomore Premier Star earned the first stakes win of his career Wednesday in the Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park.
For the first time in seven months, fans will be permitted to attend live racing at Laurel Park, albeit in limited numbers.
Off a weekend in which he won three stakes, Charles Town-based rider Arnaldo Bocachica has been named “Jockey of the Week” by the Jockeys Guild.
We check in with the Mid-Atlantic first-crop sires. Who has winners on the ground? Which horses have won stakes?
Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Happy Saver – also winner of the Tesio – made a big move in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for 3yo.
While the Tesio Stakes winner usually competes in the Preakness, this year’s champ Happy Saver skipped it – and instead won the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
The stakes-placed Clear Vision bounced back from a disappointing effort at Pimlico to win Laurel Park’s featured allowance on Sunday.
John McKee had a huge West Virginia Breeders Classics night, winning multiple races in his roles as owner, trainer, breeder, and stallion owner.
Awsome Faith, a 35-1 longshot, rallied late to win a thrilling renewal of the West Virginia Breeders Classic.
Favored Bridging the Gap was fractious in the gate but good as gold once it opened and went on to post a dominant win in the WVBC Cavada.
The favorites were up the track in both WVBC races for two-year-olds, with Youthinkthatsfunny and That Kenney Kid taking advantage to win.
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