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.
With recent actions, Maryland is moving towards enhanced purses for state-breds — but hurdles remain.
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.
Young, thirsty, and part of a couple was the core demographic of last weekend’s Decanter event at Pimlico. Our man on the spot says it was all about wine, horses, and song — but mostly wine.
It may not have been the fastest nine furlongs in history, but Game On Dude’s Charles Town Classic will go down as the fastest 1 minute and 52.27 seconds of all time. That’s because Charles Town Races announced today that it had revised the time to 1:49.93, according to the Paulick Report (here). Kudos to […]
There’s a lot of debate these days about racing quality versus quantity, about whether there are too many races involving too many bad horses on too many cards at too many tracks. Fine. But here’s the thing. You never know when a race is going to produce one of those do-a-double-take, spit-up-your-coffee, did-you-see-that moments. It […]