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Hip 183
08
Dec
  • Bill Reightler
  • fasig
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Joe Besecker
  • Marshall Silverman
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett
  • Sabrina Moore

Fasig-Tipton: “Bittersweet” Besecker dispersal tops mixed sale

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale features a colt out of a half to Grade 1 winner Knicks Go and the “very bittersweet” Joe Besecker dispersal.

Joe Mishak
01
Nov
  • Breeders' Cup
  • Joe Mishak
  • Lazy Daisy
  • MyRacehorse.com
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Street Band

Joe Mishak looking to fulfill his – and others’ – dreams

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Philadelphia native Joe Mishak gave up a career in accounting for one in horseracing, and now as part of My Racehorse has two Breeders’ Cup chances.

Fasig-Tipton
29
Sep
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton yearling sale: 10 hips to watch

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

With the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale set for Monday and Tuesday, our correspondent shares her 10 hips to watch in this year’s event.

Fasig-Tipton
29
Sep
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Northview Stallion Station
  • Paget Bennett
  • Paul O'Loughlin

Fasig-Tipton yearling sale has much for regional buyers

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

With more than half of the 435 hips bred in the Mid-Atlantic, this week’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale has plenty for the end user looking to race nearby.

hip 322
23
Sep
  • Amara Underwood
  • Clovis Crane
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Consignor Amara Underwood, 17, a young woman in a hurry

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Amara Underwood, 17, has nine horses she’s selling at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling Sale next week — the second straight year she’s sold there.

Anchor and Hope
20
Aug
  • Anchor and Hope Farm
  • Heather Cellinesi
  • Louis Merryman
  • Maryland horse racing

Anchor and Hope: “We will rebuild” after barn fire

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

A devastating barn fire at Maryland’s Anchor and Hope Farm could have been much worse – but for the quick actions of its forewoman.

Please Flatter Me
16
May
  • Mark Reid
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miss Preakness S.
  • Pimlico
  • Please Flatter Me

Will they come to praise Please Flatter Me in Miss Preakness?

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The speedy PA-bred Please Flatter Me has her trainer “cautiously optimistic” entering the G3 Miss Preakness Stakes Friday.

Hagerstown
09
May
  • Bel Air Race Track
  • Cumberland Fair
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • Hagerstown Race Course
  • Marlboro Race Track
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Ghosts of racetracks past: Maryland’s “half-milers”

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 2
  • 13 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of Maryland’s once-thriving circuit of half-mile tracks.

Commodore Downs
08
Mar
  • Commodore Downs
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • Glenn Brok
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Ghosts of racetracks past: Always old-timers’ day at Commodore Downs

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 4
  • 9 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of Commodore Downs, the short-lived track best remembered for long-lived horses.

12
Feb
  • Atlantic City Race Course
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • J. J. Graci
  • Mark Reid
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Ghosts of racetracks past: A smile and an eighth at Atlantic City

  • Linda Dougherty / 7 years
  • 4
  • 13 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of Atlantic City, the glamorous playground that limped to the finish line.

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