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‘Capping the Belmont
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Ted Black / 12 years
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Ted Black scopes out the all-stakes Pick Three ending with the Belmont. Who’ll get the money? Find out!
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Special Specials: Marking 3 famed runnings of Pimlico’s greatest handicap race
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Ted Black / 12 years
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This year’s running of the Pimlico Special marks three great anniversaries for the race, including the 75th anniversary of one of racing’s greatest contests: the Seabiscuit-War Admiral match race.
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May
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Midlantic horses make a splash in Louisville
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Ted Black / 13 years
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A couple of Pennsylvania-bred longshots and a Maryland-bred favorite added up to a productive weekend for mid-Atlantic-breds in Louisville this Derby weekend. Ted Black has the scoop.
Zimny and Charles Town aiming for G1 status with Classic
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Ted Black / 13 years
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Soon after the post-race celebration ended in the winner’s circle following Game On Dude’s victory in the fifth running of the Grade II, $1.5 million Charles Town Classic, Charles Town’s Vice President of Racing Operations, Erich Zimny, took a moment to reflect on the humble beginnings of the race and its potential moving forward. When […]
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Apr
Apr
Did Dude set a record? CT to revisit Classic time
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Ted Black / 13 years
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Game On Dude won Saturday’s G2 Charles Town Classic in an official time of 1:52.27, but the track has said it will review the final time. Our man Ted Black says that’s a good thing — because logic, and nearly a dozen hand-timings of the race, suggest that Dude was a lot closer to the stakes record than to the pedestrian official time.