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Double Whammy
08
Nov
  • Claiming Crown
  • Double Whammy
  • Eric Hamelback
  • Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA)
  • John Jones
  • Lacey Gaudet
  • Laurel Park
  • Mary Eppler
  • Maryland horse racing

Claiming Crown preview builds (some) excitement

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Sunday’s Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park hopes to drum up excitement for the event itself. Let’s say that excitement is still developing.

Charitable Annuity
06
Nov
  • A Huevo S.
  • Charitable Annuity
  • Charles Town Races
  • Slip the Cable
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charitable Annuity turns tables in A Huevo Stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Charitable Annuity turned the tables on West Virginia Breeders Classic winner Slip the Cable, wearing him down late to win the A Huevo Stakes at Charles Town.

Finest City
05
Nov
  • Breeders' Cup
  • Finest City
  • Hank Nothaft
  • Ian Kruljac
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

PA-bred Finest City delivers “everything” in Filly and Mare Sprint

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Finest City lodged an upset in today’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint — a first for trainer Ian Kruljac, who called the win “everything you can do in this game.”

01
Nov
  • Charles Town Races
  • Delaware Park
  • handle
  • Laurel Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Monmouth Park
  • Parx Racing
  • Penn National
  • The Meadowlands
  • Timonium

Midlantic handle shows October decline

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Average daily handle was off 12 percent in October versus the prior month, and total handle also fell.

Aiden's Rag Doll
29
Oct
  • Aiden's Rag Doll
  • Ken Cox
  • Maryland horse racing

Blog: Maiden score for Aiden’s Rag Doll

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Two-year-old Aiden’s Rag Doll broke her maiden this afternoon at Laurel Park, and her trainer has high hopes for the future.

No Brakes
29
Oct
  • Anna Carrow
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • No Brakes
  • Wayne Potts

At 11, No Brakes isn’t slowing down

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 1
  • 9 min read

No Brakes is the nation’s top 11-year-old runner — and the Wayne Potts trainee shows no signs of slowing down.

Ben's Cat
27
Oct
  • Keeneland
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Trevor McCarthy

Blog: First Keeneland win for Trevor McCarthy

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Jockey Trevor McCarthy recorded his first career win at Keeneland yesterday aboard Party Boat for trainer Graham Motion.

Maryland Million
25
Oct
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Tim Ritvo

Riding stick horses to racing’s future

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Kids playing with stick horses may just have been the most important people at the track on Maryland Million day — for racing’s future, at least.

Admirals War Chest
22
Oct
  • Admirals War Chest
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Maryland Million Classic
  • Stephen SInatra
  • Taylor Hole

Admirals War Chest sails to Classic victory

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

For the second straight year, Admirals War Chest posted a front-running score in this afternoon’s Maryland Million Classic.

19
Oct
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Million
  • Sal Sinatra

Sinatra: Fingers crossed for “Maryland’s day”

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra has one eye on the weather and another on the fields as he prepares for Saturday’s 31st Maryland Million.

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