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May
May
BackTracks: Chompion’s Dixie
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Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
- 2
- 8 min read
In today’s BackTracks, 1968 Travers winner Chompion takes the 1971 Dixie after Hall of Famer Fort March is DQed.
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BackTracks: Market Wise, long-distance star
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Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
- 2
- 11 min read
In today’s BackTracks, the story of Market Wise, the bargain basement star who got better the longer the races went.
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Mar
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BackTracks: Little Linus McAtee’s big career
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Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
- 2
- 10 min read
In today’s BackTracks, the story of Linus McAtee, the diminutive jockey nicknamed Pony who fashioned a huge career.
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Feb
Feb
BackTracks: Elkridge, that charmer
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 2
- 8 min read
In today’s BackTracks, the charming Elkridge, the steeplechase great whose talent was coupled with a sunny disposition and love for donuts.
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Jan
Jan
BackTracks: Blue Sparkler shines bright
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 3
- 8 min read
In today’s BackTracks, the story of Blue Sparkler, the New Jersey-bred who beat the boys and became the champion older mare of 1956.
11
Dec
Dec
BackTracks: Charles Curtis, jockey-turned-Veep
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 2
- 10 min read
In today’s BackTracks, the story of Charles Curtis, a jockey as a young man who became the first Native American Vice-President.
04
Nov
Nov
BackTracks: Concern from out of the clouds
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 1
- 11 min read
BackTracks focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Maryland-bred Concern who closed from last to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
19
Oct
Oct
BackTracks: Elliott Burch’s remarkable triple
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 0
- 11 min read
BackTracks focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Hall of Famer Elliott Burch, who, three times in a decade, pulled off an extraordinary training feat.
02
Oct
Oct
Dinner Party Stakes has long, winding history
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 0
- 7 min read
Pimlico’s oldest stakes race — the Dinner Party Stakes — has run under four different names, at numerous distances, and on both dirt and turf.
23
Sep
Sep
BackTracks: Shuvee takes the Gold Cup
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Jennifer Kelly / 5 years
- 0
- 11 min read
BackTracks focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Shuvee, the filly who, like her sire Nashua, is one of the few to repeat in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.