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Don't Call Me Mary
07
Nov
  • Adam Campola
  • Catherine Bellinger
  • Karen Murphy
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Todd Pletcher

Amicar positive DQs Don’t Call Me Mary

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

The Maryland Racing Commission voted to disqualify Don’t Call Me Mary, trained by Todd Pletcher, from a November 2021 race at Laurel for an Amicar positive.

Flightline
07
Nov
  • Flightline

Flightline’s retired, and I’m not feeling too good myself

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

Flightline’s retirement one day after the biggest victory of his brief career, smacks you right in the face with the business end of racing.

Navy Sword
06
Nov
  • Charles Town Races
  • My Sister Pearl S.
  • Navy Sword
  • West Virginia horse racing

Navy Sword slices to My Sister Pearl win

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

Five-year-old Navy Sword held off Seneca Rocks to win Charles Town’s My Sister Pearl Stakes for the first stakes triumph of her career.

Flightline
05
Nov
  • breeders' cup classic
  • Flightline

Flightline romps in Breeders’ Cup Classic

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

Your eyes aren’t fooling you: Flightline is that good, and he dominated Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic by eight lengths.

Caravel
05
Nov
  • Brad Cox
  • Breeders' Cup
  • Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
  • Caravel

PA-bred Caravel pulls BC Turf Sprint stunner

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

Caravel, a Pennsylvania-bred mare, shocked the boys in winning the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Saturday at 42-1 odds.

Howgreatisnate
03
Nov
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Howgreatisnate

2yo allowances top closing weekend at Delaware Park

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

It’s closing weekend at Delaware Park, and the Friday and Saturday cards are topped by a pair of allowance races for juveniles.

Aloha West
01
Nov
  • Breeders' Cup
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Point: Breeders’ Cup should move around

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

In its first two decades, the Breeders’ Cup took the best of racing to people all over the country. It ought to return to traveling.

Yomar Ortiz
31
Oct
  • J.D. Brown
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Yomar Ortiz

Jockey Yomar Ortiz escapes serious injury in fall

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

Jockey Yomar Ortiz was in a frightening spill Sunday at Laurel Park but was fortunate to avoid serious injury, agent J. D. Brown said Monday.

Mauritius
30
Oct
  • Brittany Russell
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mauritius

Laurel: Mauritius sails to maiden score

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

Mauritius was second to Grade 1 star Taiba on his debut in March. A trainer switch and a cross-country journey later, he broke his maiden Sunday at Laurel.

Marz Express
30
Oct
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Charles Town Races
  • Eleanor Casey Memorial S.
  • Jose Montano
  • Marz Express
  • West Virginia horse racing

Marz Express prevails in Eleanor Casey Memorial

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

In a frantic finish that summed up the season, two-year-old filly Marz Express held off the closers to win the Eleanor Casey Memorial at Charles Town.

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