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Imperative
24
Jan
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jim Justice
  • Ken Lowe
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • West Virginia Racing Commission

Opinion: Approve the Charles Town stakes schedule

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 1
  • 7 min read

The WV Racing Commission rejected the Charles Town stakes schedule, endangering the CT Classic. The Commission should reverse course and save the Classic.

23
Jan
  • equine herpesvirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Tony Aguirre

English Tudor tests clean, Laurel quarantine lifted

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

English Tudor tested free of equine herpesvirus earlier today, prompting the Maryland Jockey Club to life the quarantine on Barn 20 at Laurel Park.

23
Jan
  • Chris Sterbenz
  • equine herpesvirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Tony Aguirre

Laurel EHV-1 scare shows fragility, connectedness of equine population

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

A potential case of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) at Laurel Park has a barn under quarantine — and highlights how vulnerable horse populations can be.

Michael Merryman
21
Jan
  • Ann Merryman
  • Deal Driven
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Merryman

Michael Merryman: First win as trainer continues family tradition

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Young trainer Michael Merryman logged his first win today at Laurel Park, continuing a family tradition — but one he’d nearly passed on.

Awesome Banner
20
Jan
  • Awesome Banner
  • Fire Plug S.
  • J.D. Acosta
  • Ken Decker
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Awesome Banner: Anatomy of a form reversal

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Awesome Banner tackled top sprinters until suddenly going off form two races back. Today in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park, he got his groove back.

19
Jan
  • Belmont Park
  • equine herpesvirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club

Maryland Jockey Club closes gates to Belmont shippers

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

With a case of equine herpesvirus at Belmont Park, the Maryland Jockey Club will forbid shippers from there until further notice.

Global Citizen
14
Jan
  • Global Citizen
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Steve Hamilton

Global Citizen scores at first asking for Hamilton, DePaz

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

For the second straight day, jockey Steve Hamilton and trainer Horacio DePaz teamed up for a maiden-breaking score, this time with Global Citizen.

Dictate Cool
13
Jan
  • Dictate Cool
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

First-out winner Dictate Cool another promising Sagamore runner

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Dictate Cool, a Sagamore homebred Curlin filly, won at first asking Saturday at Laurel Park.

William and Mary
11
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Tri-State Futurity
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • William and Mary

William and Mary logs emphatic Tri-State win

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Charles Town Races kicked off its 2018 with the Tri-State Stakes, and William and Mary started the new year just like he ended the old, with an easy win.

William and Mary
10
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Tri-State Futurity
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • William and Mary

William and Mary even-money choice in delayed Tri-State

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Tri-State Futurity – delayed by a dearth of entries until today – kicks off Charles Town’s 2018 season with William and Mary the horse to beat.

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