Part 1 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.
Pimlico will play host to just 12 days of live racing in 2017, plus other news and notes from today’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Jockey Jose Montano earned the 1,000th win of his short career last night at Charles Town.
Hear the Chatter, the longest shot in a six-horse field, posted a dominant win in Charles Town’s featured allowance contest last night.
Michael Algeo and Konrad Wayson join the Maryland Racing Commission with vastly different types of experience — but both suspect the future of Pimlico will pose their first big test.
Parx Racing, which slashed live racing days from 210 to 153 in 2016, will add 17 back next year to reach 170.
Controversial trainer Ramon Preciado — currently appealing eight recent clenbuterol positives — will lose his training license, per a state Racing Commission ruling issued today.
Honeymoon Cruise, seemingly done after a half-mile, rallied under a hustling Arnaldo Bocachica ride to win Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.
A trio of state-bred stakes at Laurel Park showed how patience and feel — and connections — mean everything in the breeding game.
Unaquoi and Scottish Denis — winners of Charles Town’s two juvenile filly stakes to date — renew acquaintances in tonight’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes.