
HandleTrak: April economic indicators
Thoroughbred racing’s 2014 economic indicators continued to lag behind 2013 through an April that saw 6.5 percent fewer race days.

Thoroughbred racing’s 2014 economic indicators continued to lag behind 2013 through an April that saw 6.5 percent fewer race days.

Game On Dude’s recent defeat opened the door for a familiar horse to ascend to the top of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll: Wise Dan.

Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Richmond were all among the top 20 TV markets for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

Strong Mandate, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee who’d been considered a possible Preakness starter, has been withdrawn from consideration for the race.

For Willie Delgado, California Chrome’s exercise rider, the upcoming trip to Baltimore represents a homecoming.

Maryland Thoroughbred interests haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but they’re working together this year to support Anthony Brown’s gubernatorial campaign.

In today’s RaceBrief, we begin tracking the Preakness possibles, plus a regional roundup.

A twelfth-grader won the 15th annual Preakness Portraits Youth Art Contest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

California Chrome is headed to Baltimore and the Preakness, trainer Art Sherman told Pimlico officials.

Parx shipper Made Up crushed a good allowance field to take the featured race at Pimlico on Derby day.

In today’s RaceBrief, a Midlantic-bred wins a Santa Anita stake, while two others falter at Churchill, and a local win machine ties for the national lead.

Gary Stevens will not participate in the Jockey Challenge on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico; the Challenge will have 7 of the 8 active Hall of Famers.
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