Parx-based Blue Eyed Girl made her first trip to Laurel Park a winning one. Her second will come in the Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie Feburary 15.
Regally bred young stallion Long River had his first foal this month, a colt out of an American Lion mare.
The new Colonial Downs Group touted 2020 economic impact on Virginia that it projects will include thousands of jobs.
The Horseracing Integrity Act, which has splintered the racing industry, will have its first Congressional hearing January 28.
Bricks and Mortar, who ran the table and earned over $6 million in a perfect 2019 campaign, was named Horse of the Year at Thursday’s Eclipse Awards.
Delaware Park has announced its 2020 live racing dates and will kick off its season May 27, with the Delaware Handicap set for July 11.
Sharing, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, has earned honors as Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred of 2019.
Hoppertunity, an earner of more than $4 million on the racetrack, sired his first foal, a filly out of a stakes-winning mare.
Maryland Horse Industry Day will take place in Annapolis Wednesday, Jan. 22, marking the sixth year that equine interests have gathered to spread the word.
Still Having Fun, a Grade 2 winner, will make the second start of his comeback in Saturday’s Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park.