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Caprice
28
Dec
  • Brittany Russell
  • Caprice
  • Caroline Bentley
  • Gin Talking S.
  • Greg Bentley
  • Heft S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • One Man Team

Caprice to head of the class with Gin Talking win

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Caprice won Laurel’s Gin Talking Saturday to tie for the national lead in wins among 2-year-olds, while One Man Team impressed in the Heft.

Caprice
27
Dec
  • Caprice
  • Crab Daddy
  • Gin Talking S.
  • Heft S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • One Man Team
  • Sacred Thunder

Caprice could cap banner season in Gin Talking

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Four-time stakes winner Caprice could cap a stellar freshman campaign in Saturday’s Gin Talking at Laurel Park, while the Heft is a wide-open affair.

Laurel Park
23
Dec
  • Greg Cross
  • Marc Broady
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Shamrock Farm

Maryland Racing Commission OKs new TMJC as track operator

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission on Dec. 23 signed off on the new nonprofit Maryland Jockey Club to operate Laurel Park in the new year.

Happy Jack
22
Dec
  • Alan Foreman
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Tim Keefe

Maryland horsemen, breeders point to ’25 priorities

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

A board to govern the new Maryland Jockey Club, a new training center, and new breeder incentives are top priorities for Maryland’s horsemen and breeders.

Sea Dancer
21
Dec
  • Brittany Russell
  • Carousel S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Robert T. Manfuso S.
  • Sea Dancer

Sea Dancer gets valuable stakes win in Carousel

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Sea Dancer, a younger half-sis to one of the top turf horses in the country, earned her first stakes win in Saturday’s Carousel at Laurel Park.

Spencerian
21
Dec
  • Celtic Contender
  • Howard Bender S.
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Politely S.
  • Spencerian
  • Victor Carrasco

Spencerian gets first stakes win in Politely

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Rest has been what the doctor ordered for Spencerian, who won the Politely at Laurel Park today for her first stakes win in one of two Maryland stakes.

17
Dec
  • Bill Knauf
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Pimlico

Bill Knauf: “The tools are here”

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 5
  • 7 min read

The new nonprofit Maryland track operator has its work cut out for it, but head Bill Knauf said he believes all the tools are in place for it to succeed.

Galerio
12
Dec
  • Bird Mobberley
  • Brett Brinkman
  • Galerio
  • Maryland horse racing

“He made dreams come true”: Galerio gets a soft landing

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Galerio won a stake and nearly $700,000, but it took some work, and the kindness of strangers, to get him the retirement he earned.

Sunday Diaz Jr.
11
Dec
  • Charles Town Races
  • King Kontie
  • Muad'dib
  • Pork Chop Pete
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • What'shername

Charles Town to kick off final 2024 racing week

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Charles Town’s final week of racing for 2024 kicks off with a nine-race card Wednesday and continues through Saturday. Here’s what to watch for.

09
Dec
  • Marc Broady
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins

MTROA expects quick resolution to license transfer issue

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission tapped the brakes on the switch from private racetrack ownership to a nonprofit, but the MTROA expects a quick resolution.

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