
Monmouth Park has new racing director
With the retirement of longtime director of racing Mike Dempsey, Monmouth Park this week named Michael Anifantis to that position.

With the retirement of longtime director of racing Mike Dempsey, Monmouth Park this week named Michael Anifantis to that position.

Filly Aye a Song nearly beat males in the Tri-State Futurity, and with her main rival not in the West Virginia Futurity, figures to seal the deal Saturday.

At 24, Keri Wolfsont has established herself as Jonathan Sheppard’s assistant trainer — and a young woman with a bright future of her own.

Longtime Charles Town track announcer Jeff Cernik is no longer filling that role, and the track is using a rotation until a permanent replacement is found.

Saturday’s allowance feature at Laurel Park will be a showdown including two stakes-winning distaffers; plus Laurel Park racing notes.

Laurel Park unveiled a nearly $2 million winter stakes schedule, topped by the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie and Grade 3 General George in February.

Ben’s Cat is among 45 nominated to next Wednesday’s Fabulous Strike at Penn National, where a win would mark his fourth in the event.

At its meeting yesterday, the Virginia Racing Commission rejected several Colonial Downs proposals – and made clear it’s fed up with the company and its owner.

Among the Maryland Racing Commission’s decisions today: approving two stakes as “Win and You’re In” races for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan.

The state Racing Commission today approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s request to run 153 days of live racing 2016 — an increase over ’15.

A dispute over funding the Pennsylvania racing commissions and drug testing program that threatened to shutter the sport is slowly moving towards resolution.

The weekend’s MIdlantic stakes winners, summed up.
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