The point system to qualify for the Kentucky Derby may have a negative impact on the Virginia Derby — two months later and on a different surface. Nick Hahn examines why.
Sometimes all it takes to find a soft landing for a racehorse is a little — well, a lot — of persistence. Teresa Genaro tells the story of one such retired Thoroughbred.
Plenty of good racing news doesn’t make it into the public eye. But one group in Maryland is doing what it can to promote the retraining of Thoroughbreds for other disciplines, and Richard Hackerman reports that they’re making a difference — they did to him.
“I couldn’t stand up. I had to sit down,” said Mike Pons after Orb’s Kentucky Derby win. To understand why, you have to start at the beginning.
Cigar and Elkridge are this evening’s featured inductees into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame.
Wednesday’s been fairly quiet in Preakness-land, with the most exciting news being that nominations are up for the 16 other stakes that will run that weekend at Old Hilltop.
A peek back at how some of last week’s stories played out: celebrity announcers labor over racetrack geography, Midlantic-breds outrun their odds, and more!
A couple of Pennsylvania-bred longshots and a Maryland-bred favorite added up to a productive weekend for mid-Atlantic-breds in Louisville this Derby weekend. Ted Black has the scoop.
Atlantic City Race Course recently finished its strongest meet in years. But, Teresa Genaro wonders, what does the future hold for the track?
With recent actions, Maryland is moving towards enhanced purses for state-breds — but hurdles remain.
Twenty years ago, Virginia-bred Colonial Affair and rider Julie Krone made history together by winning the Belmont. The son of Pleasant Colony — the most recent Virginia-bred to win a Triple Crown race — died on April 23, and Nick Hahn spoke with his connections.
The Kentucky Derby is about more than hats, juleps, and wagering. It’s also about where to wager on Sunday, processed cheese, and Derby pie, whatever that is.
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