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08
Feb
  • Adam Campola
  • Eric Camacho
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission

Jock Eric Camacho suspended after pot positive

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

Jockey Eric Camacho tested positive for marijuana following a February 5 race and has been suspended until he is professionally evaluated.

05
Feb
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Timonium

Opinion: The weak case against the Timonium OTB

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

A proposed off-track betting facility at the Timonium fairgrounds has drawn community opposition – but the case against the OTB is far from convincing.

03
Feb
  • Bill Reightler
  • Carrie Brogden
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • Larry Johnson
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett

Analysis: Declining buybacks at Fasig-Tipton

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The number of buybacks at Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale fell dramatically. The questions: Why, and what does it mean for the future?

01
Feb
  • Bill Reightler
  • Carrie Brogden
  • Ellen Charles
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • Hillwood Stable
  • Machmer Hall
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett

Midlantic-breds dominate Fasig-Tipton mixed sale

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

Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale saw the buyback rate plummet, and Midlantic-breds dominated the event, including the sale-topping yearling.

30
Jan
  • Candida H.
  • Conniver S.
  • Julian Pimentel
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta

Tactics change gives Candida H. first stakes win

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

A minor change in tactics gave Candida H. the extra gear she needed, and she earned her first stakes win in today’s Conniver Stakes at Laurel Park.

19
Jan
  • John McDaniel
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Tom Bowman

Maryland Racing Commission names medication policy committee

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Maryland Racing Commission chair John McDaniel today named a new committee to review and improve the state’s medication program and policies.

04
Jan
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • medication
  • Sal Sinatra

Maryland Jockey Club adopts injection reporting rule

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

A new Maryland Jockey Club rule requires trainers whose horses are claimed provide the state vet records of the horse’s joint injections in the prior month.

22
Dec
  • Adam Campola
  • Bruce Quade
  • Christopher Lord
  • David Hayden
  • John McDaniel
  • Katy Voss
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Steve Allen
  • Tom Bowman

Analysis: Corvus case highlights Maryland drug challenges

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 7
  • 10 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission’s decision last week not to disqualify Corvus highlights how much the Commission has yet to do in overhauling drug rules.

18
Dec
  • George Carr
  • J.B. Secor
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • No Palla Stables
  • Skeleton Crew

Last call for Skeleton Crew

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 2
  • 8 min read

Skeleton Crew, 12, was retired after finishing fifth in a $7500 claimer last Friday — a sad day in some ways but a happy ending for a horse who earned it.

11
Dec
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing

Opinion: Ben’s Cat’s coming back, and that’s OK by me

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

King Leatherbury announced this week he’d bring 9-year-old Ben’s Cat back for 2016. Though some doubt the wisdom, our correspondent’s not one of them.

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