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Play Harder
29
Jun
  • Celtic Contender
  • Daniel Eubanks
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Play Harder
  • Quint's Brew
  • Star de Naskra S.

Play Harder elevated via DQ to Star de Naskra win

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

Play Harder’s owner has an intriguing decision to make after his sophomore was elevated to first by DQ in the Star de Naskra.

Quint's Brew
28
Jun
  • Daniel Crowley
  • Haileysfirstnotion
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Gorham
  • Quint's Brew
  • Star de Naskra S.

Undefeated duo tops Star de Naskra

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Undefeated geldings Quint’s Brew and Haileysfirstnotion – and 4-for-5 colt Play Harder – top Saturday’s Star de Naskra at Laurel Park.

Fasig-Tipton
25
Jun
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton June sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton June sale set for Tuesday

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

It’s last call for 2024 two-year-old sales, and the Fasig-Tipton June sale will send several dozen juveniles onto the next phase of their careers.

HISA logo
18
Jun
  • Claiming
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • void claim rule

HISA updates void claim, other safety rules

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

The new HISA rules, which go into effect July 8, modify existing void claim and waiver claiming regs and make a variety of other changes.

Toupie
16
Jun
  • Graham Motion
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Stormy Blues S.
  • Toupie

Too much Toupie in Stormy Blues

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Favored Toupie made short work of her rivals in Sunday’s Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park, winning easily for her second career stakes victory.

Duncan Idaho
16
Jun
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Duncan Idaho
  • It's Only Money S.
  • Jeff Runco
  • West Virginia horse racing

Duncan Idaho holds on in It’s Only Money

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Duncan Idaho grabbed command in the stretch and had just enough to hold off his rivals to get his first stakes win in Saturday’s It’s Only Money.

Book'em Danno
10
Jun
  • Book'em Danno
  • Future Is Now
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mindframe
  • Neecie Marie
  • Ninetyprcentmaddie
  • Post Time
  • Roses for Debra
  • Studlydoright

“Most exciting thing”: Book’em Danno caps big Midlantic weekend

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 3
  • 7 min read

Book’em Danno won the G1 Woody Stephens to head a Midlantic-bred assault on Saratoga, as eight horses bred here finished one-two in stakes.

Mindframe
06
Jun
  • Belmont Stakes
  • Future Is Now
  • Intercontinental S.
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mindframe

“A great ride” as Mindframe could cap 40 years of breeding

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Maryland-bred Mindframe’s short career so far makes him feel like an overnight success, but he’s the result of 40 years of work for breeder Larry Johnson.

Alva Starr
05
Jun
  • Alva Starr
  • Brett Brinkman
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Rehoboth S.

Alva Starr becomes a millionaire in Rehoboth win

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

G1 winner Alva Starr thrashed a short field in Delaware Park’s Rehoboth Stakes Wednesday to surpass $1 million in career earnings.

First World War-Penn Mile
01
Jun
  • Frankie Dettori
  • Penn Mile
  • Penn National
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Frankie went to Hollywood (and won)

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Frankie (Dettori) went to Hollywood (Casino at Penn National Race Course) and left with the money, winning both the G3 Penn Mile and Penn Oaks.

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