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Big Cuddle
13
Jun
  • Big Cuddle
  • Delaware Derby
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Gary Capuano
  • John Madden

Big Cuddle wraps up Delaware Derby triumph

  • Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Time, blinkers, and added ground have proved a potent combo for Big Cuddle, who dominated Saturday’s Delaware Derby.

Miss Fulton Gal
11
Jun
  • Andrew Simoff
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Oaks
  • Delaware Park
  • Jumping the Gun
  • Luv Your Neighbor
  • Michael Gorham
  • Michael Stidham
  • Miss Fulton Gal

Trio hopes home field helps in Delaware Oaks

  • Frank Vespe / 3 weeks
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Three horses based at Delaware Park will try their luck in Saturday’s Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, testing the value of home field advantage.

Bella Queen
06
Jun
  • Bella Queen (horse)
  • Howard Brown Jr.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Bella Queen rules in Laurel Park feature

  • Frank Vespe / 4 weeks
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Parx-based shipper Bella Queen zipped to the front and went on to win Laurel Park’s Belmont day allowance feature.

Barbadian Runner
01
Jun
  • Barbadian Runner
  • Elizabeth Merryman
  • Henry Walters
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Robbie Bailes
  • Slewperstitus
  • Witty

At Laurel, many happy returns

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Popular Maryland runners Witty, Slewperstitus, and Barbadian Runner made their returns to the winner’s circle for the first time in ’26 this weekend.

Remembertheword
23
May
  • Gina Robb
  • Jose Corrales
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Remembertheword (horse)
  • The Stork Club (horse)

LRL: Remembertheword spells victory

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

Remembertheword became Laurel Park’s fourth two-year-old winner of 2026 and gave trainer Jose Corrales his first baby win of the year.

Napoleon Solo
22
May
  • Adam Campola
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Paco Lopez
  • Preakness

Stewards: no whip violation by Paco Lopez in Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 1
  • 2 min read

Paco Lopez did not violate HISA whip rules when winning the Preakness, Maryland Racing Commission stewards said Friday.

19
May
  • Boyd Browning
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Pedro Lanz

Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old sale zooms past $50 million mark

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

This year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale went past $50 million in total sales, blowing past last year’s record event.

Hip 54
18
May
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton: 2yo sale off to strong start

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 0
  • 1 min read

A $2.1 million Flightline colt had Day 1 of the two-day Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale off to a strong start.

Pimlico
18
May
  • Churchill Downs
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Moore: Churchill’s “real vision” could help Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 1
  • 4 min read

In a Saturday interview at Laurel Park, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was noncommittal about the state buying the Preakness intellectual property.

Napoleon Solo
16
May
  • Al Gold
  • Brittany Russell
  • Chad Brown
  • Chad Summers
  • Iron Honor (horse)
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Napoleon Solo (horse)
  • Paco Lopez
  • Preakness
  • Sheldon Russell
  • Taj Mahal

Napoleon Solo posts Preakness triumph

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Napoleon Solo rediscovered his 2-year-old form in a Preakness triumph for the history books Saturday at Laurel Park.

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With Muad’dib retired, full brother Duncan.

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