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Willie B Mine
01
Sep
  • Ann Merryman
  • Dan Green
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium
  • Willie B Mine

“Surprise” homebred Willie B Mine takes Big T feature

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

When purchasing a pregnant mare as a first foray into racing, it’s a good idea to tell your spouse. Dan Green didn’t, but after Willie B Mine’s win today, all is likely well at home.

Timonium
31
Aug
  • Bill Reightler
  • Charlie Frock
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

Timonium “metrics pointing northward” on eve of final racing weekend

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

The news was all positive during Timonium’s opening weekend. Now the challenge: keeping the momentum going into its final stretch.

Hip Hop
27
Aug
  • Charlie Frock
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

At Timonium, many happy returns

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

Veteran trainer Charlie Frock celebrated his birthday with a win at Timonium, one race after Alan Kron enjoyed his first win as an owner.

Moonlit Song
27
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Struth
  • Tim Grams
  • West Virginia horse racing

Moonlit Song cruises to Sylvia Bishop win

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

Talented Moonlit Song faced a tough assignment but prevailed this evening against a solid field.

Blu Moon Ace
26
Aug
  • Blu Moon Ace
  • Coalition S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Robert Cole Jr.
  • Timonium

Cole, Blu Moon Ace find way to Coalition win

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

Robert Cole’s Blu Moon Ace romped to victory in today’s Coalition Stakes at Timonium — giving Cole a big win at his favorite track, the first he ever visited.

25
Aug
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

Carolina Gold romps in opening day feature at Timonium

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

Five-year-old Carolina Gold was much the best in Timonium’s featured allowance race today, romping to an easy win in fast time.

Moonlit Song
25
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Moonlit Song
  • Sylvia Bishop Memorial S.
  • Unaquoi
  • West Virginia horse racing

Moonlit Song headlines wide-open Sylvia Bishop

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

Speedy Moonlit Song is favored, but at Charles Town’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes on Saturday, which grants the winner a WVBC berth, is a wide open affair.

Never Gone South
25
Aug
  • Bill Reightler
  • Coalition S.
  • Greatbullsoffire
  • Hamilton Smith
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

Solid group with local flavor set for Coalition Stakes

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

Saturday’s Coalition Stakes at Timonium has drawn a competitive field of locally-based runners, including five stakes winners.

24
Aug
  • Bill Reightler
  • Kieron Magee
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Timonium
  • Wayne Potts

Hopes high on eve of bolstered Timonium meet

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

With increased purses, a stakes race — and of course a Ferris wheel — hopes are high for the rejuvenated Timonium race meet which kicks off Friday.

22
Aug
  • Adam Campola
  • David Hayden
  • Greg Wilson
  • Laurel Park
  • Mary Eppler
  • Maryland horse racing

Maryland: Lengthy dextrorphan case leaves both sides unhappy

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

Mary Eppler trainee Story Spinner had a dextrorphan positive February 10. So why did it take six months for the Maryland Racing Commission to resolve the case?

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