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  • Archive for Frank Vespe
22
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • Direct the Cat
  • Rachel's Turn S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Direct the Cat looks to double up in Rachel’s Turn

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

Friday’s Rachel’s Turn Stakes will give 2-year-old WV-bred fillies a chance to earn some black type, including flashy last out winner Direct the Cat.

Foggy Night
19
Sep
  • Cotillion S.
  • Gallant Bob S.
  • Parx Dirt Mile S.
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Plenty of intrigue on PA Derby day card

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

Saturday’s PA Derby day card at Parx Racing has intriguing showdowns throughout the card, including in the Cotillion, where two G1 winners square off.

Witty
17
Sep
  • Ben's Cat S.
  • Elizabeth Merryman
  • Gary Capuano
  • Intrepid Daydream
  • Larry Fowler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Shine Again S.
  • Witty

“What next” the lurking question for minor stakes winners

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

For minor stakes winners like Witty and Intrepid Daydream, “what’s next” is the lurking question, and one their connections had ready answers for.

Highestdistinction
16
Sep
  • All Along Stakes
  • Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup
  • Brittany Russell
  • Full Count Felicia
  • Highestdistinction
  • Lindsay Schultz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Highestdistinction sharp in G3 BWI Turf Cup win

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

The “razor sharp” Highestdistinction earned a win in the G3 BWI Turf Cup at Pimlico, while Full Count Felicia won the All Along.

Trevor McCarthy
16
Sep
  • Cape Henlopen S.
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Tawny Port
  • Trevor McCarthy

Catching up with… Trevor McCarthy

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 4
  • 8 min read

Delaware kid Trevor McCarthy returns to his home state Saturday to ride in the Cape Henlopen, and we caught up with him for a wide-ranging conversation.

15
Sep
  • Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup
  • Highestdistinction
  • Lindsay Schultz
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Highestdistinction looks for hat trick in G3 BWI Turf Cup

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

Highestdistinction was winless for nearly three years but arrives at Saturday’s BWI Turf Cup on a two-race win streak that includes his first stakes win.

Beacon Hill
13
Sep
  • Beacon Hill
  • Cape Henlopen S.
  • Cross Border
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Michael Maker
  • Tawny Port

Delaware: Intriguing group set to contest Cape Henlopen

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

Saturday’s $200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes has attracted an intriguing group, including millionaire Cross Border and 2022 Kentucky Derby runner Tawny Port.

Thirty Thou Kelvin
13
Sep
  • Colonial Cup
  • Colonial Downs
  • Integration
  • Jorge Ruiz
  • Kendrick Carmouche
  • Thirty Thou Kelvin
  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Oaks

For McCarthy, Carmouche, big Colonial wins feel like home

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

For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.

Integration
09
Sep
  • Integration
  • Kendrick Carmouche
  • No Nay Mets
  • Rosie's S.
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing

Integration puts it all together in Virginia Derby win

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

On a day when storms caused a mid-card delay, a pair of super-promising colts posted impressive wins, including Integration in the G3 Virginia Derby.

Downtown Katie
09
Sep
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • DTHA Governors Day S.
  • George Rosenberger Memorial S.
  • Owners Day

Delaware: Digging into Owners Day stakes

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

We dig into today’s DTHA Governors Day and Rosenberger Memorial, two races restricted to horses that have run at Delaware Park this meet.

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