Stronach Group exec Craig Fravel, in an interview with NBC Sports, said Wednesday that the Preakness might end up running prior to the Kentucky Derby.
Glorious Empire, the Chuck Lawrence-trained, Fair Hill-based runner who was a finalist for the top turf horse of 2018, has been retired.
With New Jersey the second-hardest hit state in the nation by coronavirus, Monmouth Park will not allow horses on the grounds until June 1.
The MATCH Series, a regionwide series of stakes races in its third year back after a long hiatus, will not take place in 2020.
With Mid-Atlantic racing continuing to be shut down, the popular weekly Off to the Races Radio program will take two more weeks off before resuming.
Recently a troubled fifth in the G1 Florida Derby, the Maryland-based Independence Hall will cut back to one-turn races, his connections said.
Without racing – and with no clear date of return – Maryland horsemen are feeling their way forward while keeping safety top of mind.
G3 winner Majestic Reason moves on to her next career, and Tiz the Law gallops in the Florida Derby, in the week in social media.
The Preakness InfieldFest will be canceled this year, the Maryland Jockey Club announced, while the company continues to seek a date for the middle jewel.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic will push back its May 2-year-olds in training sale to late June, the company announced today.
Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, even Spanish flu, one of the worst pandemics ever, takes a bite – but not too big – out of racing.
Coronavirus strikes again, as jockeys Katie Davis and Trevor McCarthy have pushed back their wedding from April 2 December.
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