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23
Apr
  • Ah Day
  • Avon Thorpe
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Leatherbury: “His name ain’t King for nothing”

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 3
  • 9 min read

King Leatherbury has earned the admiration of the mid-Atlantic racing community, won 6,400 races, and done it with modest stock. Next stop: the Hall of Fame.

22
Apr
  • Bruce Quade
  • Lady Vivien
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • stanozolol
  • Tim Ritvo

Maryland Racing Commission to undertake medication “self-assessment”

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission will review the medication policies it has put in place in the last 18 months as part of the national uniform medication program.

20
Apr
  • Bodhisattva
  • Dahlia S.
  • Federico Tesio S.
  • Francis Abbott III
  • Henry S. Clark Stakes
  • Jose Corrales
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Harrison
  • Nellie Cashman
  • Pimlico
  • Talk Show Man

“Finding your horse” key to Pimlico stakes wins

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

The key to trainings, says Jose Corrales, is “trying to find your horse.” It certainly worked for his Bodhisattva and two other Pimlico stakes winner Saturday.

20
Apr
  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Xtra Heat

King Leatherbury, Xtra Heat named to Hall of Fame

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 4
  • 6 min read

A pair of Maryland legends — trainer King Leatherbury and fleet filly Xtra Heat — have been named to the national racing Hall of Fame.

31
Mar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Sal Sinatra

QuickTake: Hi-ho, Pimlico

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

It hasn’t been warm, and the cherry blossoms aren’t out yet, but we know spring is in the air, because the opening day of Pimlico’s meet is upon us.

23
Mar
  • Angel Cruz
  • Bridget's Big Luvy
  • By the Moon
  • Eddy Gourmet
  • Jeremiah Englehart
  • Laurel Park
  • Mary Eppler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Page McKenney

What we learned during the weekend’s Laurel Park stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Laurel Park ran four stakes on Saturday. Here’s what we learned from them.

17
Mar
  • Laurel Jackpot Pick 5
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Rainbow 6
  • Sal Sinatra

New Rainbow 6 to debut at Pimlico

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

The Maryland Jockey Club will debut a new Rainbow 6 wager — the jackpot bet popularized by Gulfstream Park — for the Pimlico meet.

17
Mar
  • Alan Pincus
  • Bruce Quade
  • John Burke
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Scott Lake

Maryland Racing Commission upholds penalties in Lake case

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission today denied trainer Scott Lake’s appeal of his 120-day suspension for a stanozolol positive.

12
Mar
  • Delaware Racing Commission
  • Erich Zimny
  • Hector Garcia
  • Juan Vazquez
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Sam Elliott

Racetrack ejections a powerful – but localized – tool

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 6
  • 6 min read

If Juan Vazquez was ejected from Maryland’s tracks, why is he entering horses elsewhere? The answer points to the strengths and weaknesses of ejection itself.

05
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Chris McErlean
  • Joe Funkhouser
  • Ken Lowe
  • Penn National Gaming Inc.
  • West Virginia horse racing

West Virginia racing ducks decoupling bill

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

A pair of bills that would have had major impacts on West Virginia’s Thoroughbred industry — one “decoupling” racing and casinos — appear dead, advocates said.

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