Frank Vespe • contributor to The Racing Biz

08
Jan

Passings of 2025

Frank Vespe / 16 hours
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4 min read

We remember some of the people whose passings we noted in 2025…

30
Dec

Foxy Junior looks to add to stakes haul in Mrs. Claus

Frank Vespe / 1 week
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3 min read

Parx Racing caps off its 2025 season with six stakes over two days, and Foxy Junior will seek her fifth career stakes win in the $75,000 Mrs. Claus.

28
Dec

Jockey Alberto Delgado retires after 43 years

Frank Vespe / 2 weeks
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4 min read

After more than 2,900 wins and over $42 million in purse earnings, jockey Alberto Delgado, 61, rode his final race Sunday at Laurel Park.

27
Dec

LRL: Hollywood Import, Peach Tie surprise in stakes

Frank Vespe / 2 weeks
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4 min read

Upsets were the order of the day in a pair of Laurel Park juvenile stakes, with Hollywood Import and Peach Tie winning the Heft and Gin Talking.

20
Dec

Post Time heads to retirement with a win

Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
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4 min read

Multiple graded stakes winner Post Time won Saturday’s Manfuso Stakes at Laurel Park to head to retirement with one last triumph, his 13th.

20
Dec

Slam Notion provides “early Christmas present” in Bender

Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
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4 min read

“Good vibes” were the order of the day as Slam Notion gave his connections an “early Christmas present” with his second straight stakes win.

18
Dec

LRL: Teachintherelease looks to carry CT form in Manfuso

Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
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3 min read

West Virginia-bred Teachintherelease, a dominant winner of five straight at Charles Town, looks to carry his form to Laurel in Saturday’s Manfuso.

18
Dec

Former jockey Vince “Jimbo” Bracciale passes

Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
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3 min read

Jockey Vincent “Jimbo” Bracciale, Jr., a winner of more than 3,500 races, passed away Monday at age 72.

13
Dec

LRL: Phlying Phyllis aims to extend streak in Sunday feature

Frank Vespe / 4 weeks
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3 min read

Never worse than second in four career starts, Phlying Phyllis will look to extend her streak in Sunday’s Laurel Park feature, plus Saturday results.

10
Dec

Pimlico Plus bonds receive AA rating

Frank Vespe / 1 month
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2 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority will look to sell more than $240 million in Pimlico Plus bonds, rated AA by ratings agencies, starting this week.

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Passings of 2025

Foxy Junior looks to add to stakes haul in Mrs. Claus

Jockey Alberto Delgado retires after 43 years

LRL: Hollywood Import, Peach Tie surprise in stakes

Post Time heads to retirement with a win

Slam Notion provides “early Christmas present” in Bender

LRL: Teachintherelease looks to carry CT form in Manfuso

Former jockey Vince “Jimbo” Bracciale passes

LRL: Phlying Phyllis aims to extend streak in Sunday feature

Pimlico Plus bonds receive AA rating

Passings of 2025

Maryland handle improves in ’25

Charles Town: 10 stories that mattered.

Photo Diary: Best of 2025

Laurel Park, Colonial reveal stakes schedules

Wagering handle off sharply in December,.