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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 / 7 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 / 7 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 / 7 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.

14
Jan
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • Joe Servis
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Shenandoah Downs
  • Tri-State Futurity

Ghosts of racetracks past: Shenandoah Downs, the track next door

  • Linda Dougherty / 7 years
  • 3
  • 9 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of the Shenandoah Downs, the track that was right around the corner from its main rival, Charles Town Races.

Liberty Bell Park
06
Dec
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • Liberty Bell Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Ron Glorioso
  • Tony Black

Ghosts of racetracks past: The parrot, the riot, and the brief heyday of Liberty Bell Park

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 7
  • 11 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of the parrot that cursed, the riot that broke out, and the brief heyday of Liberty Bell Park.

Garden State Park
08
Nov
  • Garden State Park
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Ghosts of racetracks past: The birth, death, rebirth, and final demise of Garden State Park

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 7
  • 12 min read

Our Ghosts of Racetracks Past series continues with the story of Garden State Park – a track that overcame World War II and a devastating fire but couldn’t outrun time or its competition.

25
Oct
  • Ghosts of Racetracks Past
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Ghosts of Racetracks Past

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 4
  • 7 min read

Havre de Grace. Liberty Bell. Garden State. We’ll explore these and many other defunct Midlantic tracks in our new Ghosts of Racetracks Past series.

Fasig-Tipton sale
20
May
  • Boyd Browning
  • Cary Frommer
  • Clovis Crane
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton: Delay a complication, but catalog looks strong

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

The Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale, kicking off Monday in Timonium, saw its last breezes delayed three days by weather, a complication consignors hope will be overcome by a strong catalog.

Ms Locust Point
16
May
  • Chuck Zacney
  • John Servis
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH series)
  • Ms Locust Point
  • Skipat S.

Ms Locust Point looks to “find winning ways” in Skipat

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Grade 2 winner Ms Locust Point had a rough one last out in the G1 Madison, but trainer John Servis is hopeful she’ll be back on track in Friday’s Skipat.

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PODCAST: Charles Town Races Today, June.

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Splendora, Dazzling Dame head Top Midlantic-bred.

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04
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05
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