Saturday’s New Year’s Eve card was also Ladies’ Day at Laurel Park, with four female trainers and a couple distaff runners grabbing the spotlight.
Jockey Brandon Whitacre is looking at three months on the sidelines after a bad spill that knocked him unconscious for 10 minutes and left him with several other injuries.
For his family, the De Francis Dash – named in honor of the late Frank De Francis – is “our Kentucky Derby,” says his son, Joe.
A Hall of Famer, a Preakness starter’s conditioner, and the trainer of a Breeders’ Cup runner weigh in with different opinions on Horse of the Year.
Juveniles Item and Greatbullsoffire scored exciting Maryland Million wins, the former giving jockey and owner their first stakes wins.
For trainers with versatile horses — like Ben’s Cat and Rocky Policy — choosing which Maryland Million race to run in can be a complicated balancing act.
Owner David Raim sent out consecutive winners in Saturday’s WVBC at Charles Town, including still-undefeated Bullets Fever.
13-year-old Candy One starred on WVBC night at Charles Town. Though a middling racer, she’s an all-star broodmare and the dam of two horses that won Saturday.
The long-retired Confucius Say won the West Virginia Breeders Classic three times — with five years between the second and third — and the Onion Juice once.
The annual Sam Huff Charity Breakfast kicks off West Virginia Breeders Classics day October 8 while helping the local community.