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09
Jul
  • Dr. Dionne Benson
  • Indiana Horse Racing Commission
  • Joe Gorajec
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
  • Truesdail Laboratories

Opinion: Trouble in the testing lab

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Indiana’s revelation that one of racing’s most widely used testing labs missed seven positives, including a Class 1, demands action by the states.

27
May
  • Ahmed Zayat
  • American Pharoah
  • California Chrome
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Triple Crown
  • Zayat Stables

QuickTake: Tarnished heroes

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

QuickTake: The lawsuit against Ahmed Zayat may be frivolous – but it fits perfectly into the strange and checkered recent history of Triple Crown hopefuls.

15
Apr
  • Mike Campbell
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey

New Jersey breeders seek to alter incentive program

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The association of New Jersey breeders aims to change the state’s incentive program to preserve the fund and allow for payments to out-of-state runners.

08
Apr
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • QuickTake
  • Shared Belief

QuickTake: Shared Belief at Charles Town

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The news that Shared Belief would headline the Charles Town Classic underlined a positive new trend: high-end horses showing up in unexpected places.

19
Feb
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny
  • Jockeys Guild
  • John Myers
  • Terry Meyocks
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • West Virginia Racing Commission

Near-tragedy at Charles Town yields “good start” for safety

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 11 min read

A wrong-way horse disaster at Charles Town in December has led to a series of safety reforms the Jockeys’ Guild calls a good start.

02
Feb
  • Ferris Allen
  • Hector Garcia
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins
  • multiple medication violations point system
  • Scott Lake
  • stanozolol

Three Maryland trainers hit with stanozolol suspensions

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 6
  • 5 min read

One of the “stanozolol three,” Hector Garcia, along with his boss Juan Vazquez, has also been asked to remove his horses from Maryland Jockey Club grounds.

08
Jan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Ritvo

“Excited” Sal Sinatra hopes to help grow Maryland racing

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 8
  • 6 min read

New Maryland Jockey Club General Manager Sal Sinatra is excited to be in Maryland — and to tackle the challenge of returning Maryland racing to prominence.

06
Jan
  • Aqueduct
  • Laurel Park
  • Parx Racing
  • QuickTake

QuickTake: Uncooperative

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

In our latest QuickTake: in the space of four days, New York and mid-Atlantic tracks carded nine stakes for older horses. Wouldn’t cooperation work better?

07
Dec
  • Becky Davis
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale

Fasig-Tipton: A tale of two dispersals

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The dispersals of Brice Ridgely’s and Willam Harris’ stock are giving Monday’s Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale an infusion of quality.

20
Oct
  • Bear Access
  • Classy Coco
  • DC Dancer
  • Larry Murray
  • Maryland Million
  • Maryland Million Distaff
  • Maryland Million Ladies
  • Maryland Million Sprint
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Trevor McCarthy

Maryland Million a party, and, for horsemen, a goal

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

To many of the state’s horsemen, Maryland Million is more than a good party — it’s a seasonal goal.

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