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Sep
Sep
QuickTake: Horses for courses
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Frank Vespe / 10 years
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In our latest QuickTake: some horses love certain racetracks. Why is that? Nobody seems quite sure…
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Aug
Aug
“Terrific” Maryland Pride day, and questions for the future
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 6 min read
Saturday’s Maryland Pride day was, by all accounts a home run. It also raised some questions, notably about state-bred racing and Maryland Million.
20
Aug
Aug
Immortal Eyes retired
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 3 min read
Immortal Eyes, the Greatness gelding who won the 2013 De Francis Dash and set a still extant record for 4 1/2 furlongs at Charles Town, has been retired.
07
Aug
Aug
Maryland-centric class enters Hall of Fame
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 5 min read
Trainer King Leatherbury and Maryland-based runner Xtra Heat headlined a Maryland-centric class that entered the Racing Hall of Fame today.
06
Aug
Aug
Hall of Fame Week: King Leatherbury
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 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
Aug
American Pharoah romps to Haskell victory
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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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
Jul
Monmouth wins American Pharoah derby
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 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
Jun
QuickTake: Momentum and Pimlico’s handle rise
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 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
Jun
Belmont Digits: (Not) showing up
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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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
Jun
At Penn National, a strike, but the show goes on
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Frank Vespe / 11 years
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- 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.