At today’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting: a new quality assurance program in equine testing, a sharp rise in Timonium handle, and more.
In our latest QuickTake: some horses love certain racetracks. Why is that? Nobody seems quite sure…
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.
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.
Trainer King Leatherbury and Maryland-based runner Xtra Heat headlined a Maryland-centric class that entered the Racing Hall of Fame today.
With Hall of Fame inductions tomorrow, we revisit King Leatherbury’s remarkable journey from trouble-making outsider to the pinnacle of horse racing.
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.
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.
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?
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?
