Two horses that entered the weekend with no Derby points won major Triple Crown prep races and gained slots in the Derby starting gate on a busy weekend.
Mirroring a national trend, the rate of equine fatality in the Mid-Atlantic dropped in 2020 to its lowest level in the dozen years that records have been kept.
The Virginia Thoroughbred Association has announced two changes to its popular Virginia-certified program incentivizing stabling young horses in Virginia.
Laurel Park, which earlier had canceled its March 26-28 racing, announced Friday it would not race April 1-3 either as a result of the EHV-1 outbreak.
With another case of equine herpesvirus, this one at Pimlico, the Maryland Jockey Club has canceled its three days of weekend racing March 26-28.
Mike Stidham has been the leading trainer at Colonial Downs since its 2019 rebirth and is planning on being a presence there again in 2021.
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In his first visit to Laurel Park in more than 30 years, owner Joel Politi watched his Littlestitious upset the locals to win the Beyond the Wire Stakes.
With a case of equine herpesvirus leading to a quarantine on four barns, Laurel Park has canceled its March 12 racing card.
A case of equine herpesvirus on the Laurel Park backside has put four barns on semi-lockdown and caused a prohibition on leaving the grounds.