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06
Aug
  • Ah Day
  • Avon Thorpe
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Week: King Leatherbury

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

With Hall of Fame inductions tomorrow, we revisit King Leatherbury’s remarkable journey from trouble-making outsider to the pinnacle of horse racing.

02
Aug
  • Ahmed Zayat
  • American Pharoah
  • Bob Baffert
  • Haskell Invitational
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • Victor Espinoza

American Pharoah romps to Haskell victory

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Triple Crown champ American Pharoah gave a record Monmouth Park crowd what it came for by romping to victory in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.

03
Jul
  • Ahmed Zayat
  • American Pharoah
  • Haskell Invitational
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing

Monmouth wins American Pharoah derby

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Following a reverse feeding frenzy and very public navel-gazing by his owner, Triple Crown king American Pharoah is headed to Monmouth Park’s G1 Haskell.

09
Jun
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Ritvo

QuickTake: Momentum and Pimlico’s handle rise

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Handle rose sharply during the just-completed Pimlico meet, although the facility and racing product were largely the same as last year. So, what happened?

05
Jun
  • Belmont Stakes
  • Cam Gambolati
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Triple Crown Trail 2015

Belmont Digits: (Not) showing up

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

It’s been 10 years since a horse did the Preakness-Belmont double. Is that because it’s so hard — or because so few attempt it in recent years?

01
Jun
  • Chris McErlean
  • Eric Johnston
  • Gloria Larrondo
  • Penn National
  • Penn National Gaming Inc.
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Todd Mostoller

At Penn National, a strike, but the show goes on

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Penn National’s gate crew staged a strike Saturday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices. But, belatedly, the show went on without them.

20
May
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • Jamie Ness
  • Michael Trombetta
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Paget Bennett

Million-dollar horse spurs “great” Fasig-Tipton sale

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training sale which concluded yesterday showed across-the-board gains. Plus, breadowns of each of the mid-Atlantic states.

19
May
  • Bruce Quade
  • cobalt
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Racing Medication and Testing Consortium

Maryland Racing Commission adopts cobalt regulation

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission today agreed to adopt the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium’s proposed cobalt regulations.

16
May
  • Gallorette S.
  • James Murphy S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Triple Crown Trail 2015
  • Watsdachances
  • Woodwin W

In with the new on Preaknessy Preakness day

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

As is often the case in Baltimore, high-brow and low-brow shared an easy coexistence on Preakness day, while it was in-with-the-new on the track.

15
May
  • Bruce Quade
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Ferris Allen
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Pimlico
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Ritvo

In Maryland, progress and a complicated future

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 4
  • 12 min read

Maryland’s Throughbred industry has made real strides in recent years. But the coming years pose complicated challenges of their own.

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Breaking Maryland MD Racing Press release other Racing Top Stories

Two inducted into Md. Thoroughbred Hall.

02
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Fast start but “something to prove”.

03
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Lizzie Merryman zooms to a big.

04
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Charlene’s Dream living up to her.

05
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“Next part of life is waiting,”.

06
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For trainer Kenny Black, a life.

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