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21
Apr
  • Federico Tesio S.
  • Hamp
  • Henry S. Clark Stakes
  • Ignacio Correas
  • Kid Cruz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Steven Brandt

Bigger races, and larger meaning, for Hamp, Kid Cruz

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
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  • 4 min read

Hamp’s name honors a late colleague. Kid Cruz is fulfilling the owner’s late mother’s wishes. After Saturday wins, both may head to Preakness day stakes.

10
Apr
  • Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Race Horse Development Fund
  • slots revenue
  • Tom Chuckas

Pennsylvania slots report shows racing’s challenges

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

A state report on Pennsylvania slots revenue also reveals much about the state of racing, and its challenges, in Pennsylvania and beyond.

24
Mar
  • Conniver S.
  • Howard Bender
  • Julian Pimentel
  • Larry Murray
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • More Than a Cruise
  • Tell a Great Story

Larry Murray’s Luck o’ the Irish

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

Trainer Larry Murray saved his St. Patrick’s Day tie for Saturday’s Conniver Stakes, and More Than a Cruise allowed him to flaunt it in the winner’s circle.

10
Mar
  • Kid Cruz
  • Laurel Park
  • Linda Rice
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Private Terms S.
  • Steven Brandt

Fashionably late Kid Cruz providing owner “greatest gift of all”

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

Kid Cruz blew past his rivals in Saturday’s Private Terms. Owner Steven Brandt’s first stakes win left him elated — and thinking of the future, and the past.

11
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Bruce Quade
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jason Egan
  • Linda Gaudet
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mike Hopkins

Maryland racing community adapting to new medication rules

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

The Maryland Racing Commission has adopted new medication rules and tapped a new lab. So far, horsemen say, it’s gone smoother than expected.

31
Jan
  • Chi Chi's Pride
  • Ferris Allen
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Trevor McCarthy

Trevor McCarthy’s wild ride

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

How did Trevor McCarthy manage to lose his irons and still win? “Just hang on, I guess,” he said.

09
Jan
  • Bobby Zen
  • Dan Tordjman
  • Laurie Asseo
  • Lynn Horvath
  • Michael Horvath
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Nick Hahn
  • Richard Hackerman
  • Ted Black
  • Teresa Genaro

Resolved

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

We asked our correspondents for their racing resolutions for 2014. The best advice: When all else fails, bet the gray.

18
Dec
  • Bobby Lillis
  • Bruce Quade
  • David Hayden
  • Dr. Sean Plaisance
  • John Franzone
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission

At the Maryland Racing Commission, fighting, then “linking arms”

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 1
  • 3 min read

For all the sparring at yesterday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting, what was most interesting wasn’t who was fighting. It was who wasn’t fighting

17
Dec
  • David Richardson
  • Dr. Jay Baldwin
  • Dr. Sean Plaisance
  • John Franzone
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Mike Hopkins

Maryland Racing Commission takes steps on medication rules

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

New Maryland Racing Commission drug rules slated to take effect on January 1 came into sharper focus today — but there’s still work to do.

17
Dec
  • Bruce Quade
  • Charles Tildon
  • John Franzone
  • John McDaniel
  • Louis Ulman
  • Mary Louise Preis
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Injury Compensation Fund
  • Richard Hoffberger

Maryland Racing Commission votes for “full, open” jockey insurance bidding

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

The Maryland Racing Commission today voted to subject its workers’ compensation policy for jockeys to a full and open procurement process handled by the state.

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