The Champions handicapping contest at Laurel attracted a full field and a variety of strategies. Turns out, second is good enough — except when it’s not.
Persistence was the word of Barbara Fritchie Handicap day, as horses — and jockeys — gave their all to take Laurel’s two stakes.
Unable to reach consensus on the issue of apprentice jockey weight allowances, the Maryland Racing Commission took its own advice today and punted — for a month.
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.