
Charles Town jockeys: Alternate stats
Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you’d expect – and others flying under the radar.

Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you’d expect – and others flying under the radar.

Three-year-old O Dionysus will look to stretch out in the March 18 Private Terms at Laurel Park, one of five stakes scheduled for the day.

For the fourth straight year, the equine fatality rate declined in 2016 and now is 23 percent below 2009 levels, the Jockey Club said.

Penn National, typically a nighttime track, will run daylight cards on four Saturdays this year: all three Triple Crown days, plus Penn Mile.

Which Laurel Park jockey is having the best year so far? The answer, according to our new metric, might surprise you.

Trainer Tim Grams and his wife Judy have a modest breeding operation which has thrown plenty of useful runners, the latest of which, Moonlit Song, is a stakes hopeful.

Ted Maher built a successful law practice. But he’s giving that up to purse what he says is his “calling” — training racehorses.

February’s Midlantic average handle was basically flat versus the prior month; Laurel Park led with an average over $2.1 million, while Parx’s increase of 9 percent was tops.

Trainer Michelle Castillo’s varied journey has brought her and 5-year-old Because He Can together – a partnership paying off for both of them.

Three-year-old Unique Bella rose to fourth on the NTRA’s Top Three-Year-Old poll, still headed by McCraken, while Arrogate was judged the Top Thoroughbred overall.

The 32nd Maryland Million day will take place October 21 at Laurel Park, the group announced today.

Streaks snapped, Derby hopefuls defeated, and a beautiful win highlight our newest weekend wrap.
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