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Codex
14
May
  • Codex
  • Genuine Risk
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Off the Pace
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Off the Pace: My unforgettable first Preakness

  • Mike Valiante / 2 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

In a new Off the Pace: A filly favored. A controversy for the ages. A drunk knocks himself out. Mike Valiante will never forget his first Preakness.

Luna Belle
09
May
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • Jenine Sahadi
  • Jesse Cruz
  • John Sciametta
  • John Weilbacher
  • Lane Luzzi
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Tyler Conner

Off the Pace: What they’re saying about HISA

  • Mike Valiante / 2 years
  • 5
  • 6 min read

In a new Off the Pace, our Mike Valiante reached out to several folks involved in racing to learn what they’re saying about HISA.

Rich Strike
04
May
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Triple Crown

Off the Pace: The, err… less good Kentucky Derby winners

  • Mike Valiante / 2 years
  • 6
  • 6 min read

Lots of folks opine on which Kentucky Derby winners were best. Mike Valiante headed in the other direction to see what he could learn.

30
Mar
  • John Sciametta
  • Lane Luzzi
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing

Off the Pace: Lane Luzzi hoping “you can go home again”

  • Mike Valiante / 2 years
  • 5
  • 5 min read

Jockey Lane Luzzi, who grew up in New York, will try to disprove the idea that you can’t go home again when he shifts his tack from Texas to Monmouth.

23
Feb
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off the Pace

Off the Pace: The racetrack of the future

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 7
  • 4 min read

In a new Off the Pace, Mike Valiante shares his vision of what the racetrack of the future ought to look like. Do you agree?

Delaware Handicap
10
Feb
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • handicapping

Off the Pace: Chatting with the old-timers

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 8
  • 5 min read

In a new Off the Pace, Mike Valiante catches up with some of the veteran handicappers and old-timers who frequent Delaware Park.

06
Jan
  • Alberto Delgado
  • Alexander Crispin
  • apprentice jockeys
  • Chris McCarron
  • Eclipse Awards
  • Jeremy Rose
  • Jose Montano
  • Kent Desormeaux
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Luzzi
  • Ron Franklin
  • Ryan Fogelsonger
  • Victor Carrasco
  • Weston Hamilton

Midlantic racing fertile ground for apprentice Eclipse Award

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 5
  • 9 min read

More than a dozen riders based in the Mid-Atlantic have won the Eclipse Award as top apprentice, making it fertile ground, indeed.

Delaware Park
27
Dec
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Off the Pace

Off the Pace: 10 New Year’s resolutions for Delaware Park

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 7
  • 4 min read

In a new Off the Pace, Mike Valiante shares 10 New Year’s resolutions he offers for Delaware Park.

Rebel Empire
21
Dec
  • Off the Pace

Off the Pace: A holiday wish list

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 4
  • 2 min read

In a new “Off the Pace,” Mike Valiante presents his holiday wish list for Mid-Atlantic racing. What’s everybody getting?

Recruiter
18
Nov
  • Cal Lynch
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • James F. Lewis III S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Michael Pino
  • Nick Sanna
  • Nikki Sanna
  • Recruiter

Nick Sanna’s long journey to the winner’s circle

  • Mike Valiante / 3 years
  • 7
  • 4 min read

Long before he owned horses, Nick Sanna had a job sweeping up after the races at Delaware Park. It’s been quite a journey.

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