January claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was up 40 percent versus the prior year, aided by an additional track being open.
January’s average handle in the mid-Atlantic region was basically flat versus December’s number, though all four operating tracks topped $1 million in average betting.
A pair of Midlantic-breds — Irish War Cry (NJ) and Unique Bella (PA) — moved to the heads of their divisions with dominant weekend victories.
New Jersey-bred Irish War Cry delivered an emphatic win in the Holy Bull Saturday and now looks to be a serious Kentucky Derby contender.
Favored El Areeb made it three straight stakes wins, and burnished his Kentucky Derby resume, with an easy score in the Withers Stakes today.
Jockey Wesley Ho had a spill and a disqualification during an eventful evening at Charles Town.
Good horses found buyers Sunday at the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale, but the market remains “polarized” — and there’s a need for regional “sire power.”
TVG/Betfair CEO Kip Levin chats with us about the past, present, and future of televised racing and wagering in the United States.
The third annual Horse Industry Day brings industry participants together to raise awareness among state legislators of the economic and environmental impacts of Maryland’s horses.
Buybacks were up and the average, down, but the good news was that the gross at today’s Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale was up 2.7 percent from last year.