At Saturday’s Maryland Racing Media Association Crab Feast, there were laughs, honors, and crabs aplenty — and a little inspiration for good measure.
Bruce Quade, chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission the last three years, will step down from that post while remaining a member of the Commission.
In horse racing, and life, it’s a good idea to have a backup plan. Just ask the connections of Maryland Million winners Corvus and Admirals War Chest.
Handle jumped, the crowd was big, and everybody but (perhaps) King Leatherbury had a good time at Saturday’s Maryland Million at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s Maryland Million Distaff will see defending champ Classy Coco and ’14 Lassie winner My Magician square off — both running for the same owner.
For young sires in particular, Maryland Million success can catch the eyes of the region’s breeders and help propel a stallion.
Saturday’s West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC) is the state’s “Super Bowl Saturday” of racing, said one participant, and it’s about helping others.
The numbers for Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale continued a decline that’s been going on for years. Participants offered several theories on why.
Saturday’s Commonwealth Oaks and state-bred races at Laurel Park were a huge success. But what, if anything, does that say about Virginia’s future racing?
For different reasons, trainers James W. Casey — a Charles Town legend — and Kelly Breen hadn’t been to CT in 2015 — until both won big Saturday night.