
MRC chair Michael Algeo featured on “Off to the Races” radio show
On Saturday’s “Off to the Races” radio show: Md. Racing Commission chair Michael Algeo, Derby Bill Watson, and more.

On Saturday’s “Off to the Races” radio show: Md. Racing Commission chair Michael Algeo, Derby Bill Watson, and more.

The top five 3yos in the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2018 all were bred in Maryland – the first time that’s happened – led by Still Having Fun.

Fairweather Friend had bad luck getting to the track, but owner-trainer Elizabeth Meehan hopes that’s all behind her talented gelding.

Jockey Ronnie Franklin, who won two legs of the Triple Crown aboard the great Spectacular Bid, died Thursday at age 58.

Which trainers are having the best season at Laurel Park? We wanted to look beyond simply wins; here’s one alternative.
Multiple graded stakes winner Green Gratto, a New Jersey-bred, will try his luck in Saturday’s G3 Tom Fool at Aqueduct.

The Champions handicapping tournament at Laurel Park went to Columbia, MD resident Brian Conley by a narrow margin of just over $3.

In our February Claimbox report: claiming activity is off by 4.5 percent versus 2017, plus trainers have been the busiest?

Bolt d’Oro, who has yet to race in 2018, grabbed the top spot among 3-year-olds in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after Good Magic lost.

In our weekly roundup, racing action around the region you might have missed…

Daily News — healthy now after throat troubles – was the first beneficiary of a change to the Maryland-bred allowance condition at Laurel Park.

This morning’s Off to the Races radio show – archived here – featured trainer John Servis, Jeb Hannum of the Va. Equine Alliance, and more.
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