Penn Mile to be canceled
With no clear date for racing to return announced, Penn National announced that its annual marquee event, the Penn Mile, would be canceled this year.
With no clear date for racing to return announced, Penn National announced that its annual marquee event, the Penn Mile, would be canceled this year.
It does not include live racing dates, but in a positive sign for the return of racing, Laurel Park has released a condition book for its return to action.
After a four-week break, Off to the Races Radio will return to the air Saturday, April 25 with an action-packed show.
With a stunning 46-1 upset in the Oaklawn Stakes earlier this month, lightly regarded Mr. Big News made headlines himself and earned a spot in the Preakness.
Glorious Empire, the Chuck Lawrence-trained, Fair Hill-based runner who was a finalist for the top turf horse of 2018, has been retired.
With New Jersey the second-hardest hit state in the nation by coronavirus, Monmouth Park will not allow horses on the grounds until June 1.
The MATCH Series, a regionwide series of stakes races in its third year back after a long hiatus, will not take place in 2020.
With Mid-Atlantic racing continuing to be shut down, the popular weekly Off to the Races Radio program will take two more weeks off before resuming.
Recently a troubled fifth in the G1 Florida Derby, the Maryland-based Independence Hall will cut back to one-turn races, his connections said.
Without racing – and with no clear date of return – Maryland horsemen are feeling their way forward while keeping safety top of mind.