After Dance to Bristol was honored as top Maryland-based horse, her rider, Xavier Perez snapped a long slump — aboard a horse, Bandbox, with an even longer slump.
Beyond the top Kentucky Derby contenders lies a less-known group of nominees to the Triple Crown: horses that have thus far failed to break their maidens.
In racing, success and failure are clear-cut. Except when they’re not.
At a pair of weekend stallion open houses, Maryland breeders looked to the past, and the future.
Monday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale enjoyed solid gains — so why did some participants seem so grouchy?
On Friday, officials arrested three trainers and a clocker at Penn National. Also on trial: racing’s ability to police itself.
With a record tied and Dance to Bristol’s retirement honored, it was that kind of day at Laurel Park on Saturday; even while looking forward, the mind kept reaching back.
Heritage Stallions, the first new Maryland stallion facility in a decade, will feature Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, Hunters Bay, and four other stallions in time for the 2014 breeding season.
Trainer Donald Barr’s It’s a Bang did everything right in his debut. That’s its own cause for concern.
In a sport where jockeys are the only human athletes, you’d think their voices would be loud and clear in policy discussions. You’d be wrong.