Without an agreement in place on racing days for 2014, Colonial Downs will close several off-track betting facilities until a deal is struck.
Chi Chi’s Pride stumbled, and rider Trevor McCarthy lost both his irons. No problem: the apprentice steered the horse to a nose victory without ’em.
Claiming activity remained flat for the week, and the Midlantic Claiming 7 saw relatively little change,
Nick Hahn spoke with Virginia Racing Commission vice chair D. G. Van Clief, Jr., about the state, and future, of Virginia racing and breeding. Part 2 of 2.
In today’s RaceBrief, Pennsylvania racing’s share of slots revenue is imperiled by a new proposal, plus racing news and notes from around the mid-Atlantic.
Apprentice Trevor McCarthy won four races at Laurel, with one of those coming for owner-trainer Rick Buckley — Buckley’s first training victory since 2000.
Eighteen horses bred in the mid-Atlantic were among those assigned weights in the Experimental Free Handicap.
With blustery weather, erratic racing schedules, and the racing nation’s eyes turned south and west, it was a middling weekend for mid-Atlantic handle.
In racing, success and failure are clear-cut. Except when they’re not.
Our RaceBrief offers news and notes from mid-Atlantic racing.
In Part 2 of our series on mid-Atlantic breeding’s newcomers, George Rowand checks in on a half-dozen sires new to the region.
In our weekly LookBack, we review the weekend’s mid-Atlantic racing.
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