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Fille d'Esprit
20
Oct
  • Bandits Heart
  • Fille d'Esprit
  • Jerry Robb
  • Laurel Park
  • Malibu Beauty
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Maryland Million Distaff

MD Million: Fille d’Esprit looking for more in Distaff

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 5
  • 4 min read

Fille d’Esprit, a onetime $10,000 claim, figures to go off as one of the shortest-priced horses of Maryland Million Saturday in the Distaff.

Sleepy Eyes Todd
16
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town picks and horses to watch: September 16

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 8
  • 2 min read

We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!

Witty
02
Jun
  • Chuck Lawrence
  • McLane Hendriks
  • Penn Mile
  • Penn National
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Witty
  • Wow Whata Summer

Penn Mile: Hoping for a godfather-godson exacta box

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Trainers Chuck Lawrence and McLane Hendriks – godfather and godson- are hoping to compromise the Penn Mile exacta with Wow Whata Summer and Witty.

Sleepy Eyes Todd
06
May
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town picks and horses to watch: May 6

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 4
  • 2 min read

We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!

Youngest of Five
13
Apr
  • Frank Whiteley Jr. S.
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Youngest of Five

Youngest of Five hoping for trouble-free trip in Whiteley

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

Youngest of Five has run well without winning in four straight stakes. Trainer Hugh McMahon hopes a trouble-free trip in the Whiteley is in the offing.

Cordmaker
19
Feb
  • Cordmaker
  • Ellen Charles
  • General George H.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Victor Carrasco

Cordmaker makes the grade in General George

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

The seemingly ageless Cordmaker earned the first graded stake win of his career when he surged to victory in Saturday’s G3 General George at Laurel park.

10
Feb
  • J.D. Acosta
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

J. D. Acosta reaches 3,500 wins

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

Jockey J. D. Acosta scored today at Laurel Park to post the 3,500th victory of his career.

Joe
18
Dec
  • Joe
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Juvenile Championship
  • Victor Carrasco

Joe takes long way to Md Juvenile win

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

Joe took the outside, while Alottahope was stuck down inside, and that was the difference as Joe won the Maryland Juvenile Championship.

14
Nov
  • Sam Huff
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Remembrance: Sam Huff

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 4
  • 4 min read

NFL Hall of Famer Sam Huff, who passed away Nov. 13, also made his mark on racing as cofounder of West Virginia Breeders’ Classics.

The Sky Is Falling
30
Oct
  • Charles Town Races
  • Eleanor Casey Memorial S.
  • Fancy Her Up
  • The Sky Is Falling
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: The Sky Is Falling back for more in Casey Mem’l

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

This evening’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes may give 2yo filly The Sky Is Falling a chance to win the second stakes race of her career.

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