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Jun
Charles Town picks and horses to watch: June 17
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!
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Skeptical horsemen voice HISA concerns
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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Horsemen packed a Laurel Park restaurant to learn more about the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and vent their concerns.
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Jun
Jun
Eons, High Opinion score in MATCH stakes
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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- 3 min read
In a pair of eventful turf stakes at Parx Racing that are part of the MATCH Series, Eons and High Opinion earned hard-fought victories.
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Jun
Jun
Hypothesis guts out It’s Only Money win
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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Five-year-old Hypothesis won his fourth consecutive race Saturday, taking the It’s Only Money Stakes for the second straight year.
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Jun
Jun
Rich Strike won’t win the Belmont. Here’s why
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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- 4 min read
Rich Strike shocked the world when he won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1. History says don’t look for a repeat in the Belmont.
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Jun
Jun
Bobby Lillis hopes to give backstretch “an ear” at MRC
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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Former jockey and head of the Horsemen’s Assistance Foundation Bobby Lillis has a background unlike any other member of the Md. Racing Commission.
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Jun
Jun
Miss Leslie rallies to win Obeah
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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Miss Leslie rallied from last under jockey Angel Cruz to take the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park and perhaps punch her ticket to the Delaware Handicap.
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Jun
Jun
Digging into the Obeah Stakes
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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- 3 min read
This afternoon’s Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park has drawn a compact field, several with hopes of moving forward to the DelCap. Who’s gonna win?
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Jun
Jun
For Amy Cortez, a win to smile about
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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- 4 min read
Amy Cortez gallops horses and trains a couple on her own. One of those, Audacious Quality, scored a powerful allowance win Saturday at Laurel Park.
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Jun
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Wow Whata Summer stuns in Penn Mile
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Frank Vespe / 4 years
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Wow Whata Summer, off at 83-1, conjured up memories of Rich Strike’s Kentucky Derby when he scored in Friday’s Grade 2 Penn Mile.