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Frost Free
18
May
  • Brett Creighton
  • Chick Lang S.
  • Frost Free
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Luis Saez
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Steve Asmussen

Frost Free ices competition in Chick Lang Stakes

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Frost Free broke to the front and never looked back to win the Chick Lang Stakes on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

Call Another Play
16
May
  • Black-Eyed Susan S.
  • Call Another Play
  • Future Is Now
  • Hilltop S.
  • James Murphy S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Pimlico
  • The Very One S.

Trombetta takes Black-Eyed Susan aim with Call Another Play

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Trainer Michael Trombetta will saddle as many as 13 horses this weekend at Pimlico, none in a bigger spot than Call Another Play in the Black-Eyed Susan.

Carmelina
16
May
  • Carmelina
  • Disco Ebo
  • Jeanne Marie
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Robert Reid
  • Smooth B
  • Uncle Heavy

Butch Reid: “Definitely special” to take Preakness swing

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

Trainer Butch Reid has runners in five Pimlico stakes this weekend, and the U-Maryland grad says it’s special to have his first Preakness starter.

Jubawithatwist
12
May
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coin Collector S.
  • Gustavo Larrosa
  • Jeff Runco
  • Jubawithatwist
  • Kristy Petty
  • Soul Catcher
  • West Virginia horse racing

Jubawithatwist back on top in Coin Collector

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Last year’s champion WV-bred two-year-old, Jubawithatwist started his 2024 0-for-2, but he bounced back to win the Coin Collector.

Lightnin Runner
08
May
  • Charles Town Races
  • Golden Key
  • Lightnin Runner
  • Original Gold S.
  • Ronney Brown
  • West Virginia horse racing

For trainer Ronney Brown, Lightnin striking Gold

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Trainer Ronney Brown’s good season got even better when Lightnin Runner scored in the Original Gold — named for his best trainee to date.

Indicator
30
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Indicator
  • Megan Reap
  • Vernon Greaves
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: Indicator looking special, in more ways than one

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Indicator will always have special meaning for his connections after giving jockey Megan Reap – wife of trainer Vernon Greaves – her first win.

Espresso
21
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Confucius Say S.
  • Espresso
  • Gary Hemp
  • Javier Contreras
  • Late Nite Mistress
  • Victor Rodriguez
  • Wesley Ho
  • West Virginia horse racing

Espresso brews up Confucius Say upset

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

In a roughly run renewal of the Confucius Say Stakes at Charles Town Races, 25-1 outsider Espresso led throughout to pull the big upset.

Pork Chop Pete
28
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Javier Contreras
  • John Funkhouser
  • O'Sullivan Farms
  • Pork Chop Pete
  • West Virginia horse racing

Pork Chop Pete has connections on an upswing

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

A flashy debut score for WV-bred Pork Chop Pete has trainer Javier Contreras and owners O’Sullivan Farms and Alex Kazdan on an upswing.

Larry Reynolds
20
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Larry Reynolds
  • Tim Grams
  • West Virginia horse racing

For jockey Larry Reynolds, it’s like he never left

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 5
  • 4 min read

Jockey Larry Reynolds took a decade away from riding, but now that he’s back it’s like he never left, and even the faces in the jocks’ room are similar.

Coastal Mission
11
Mar
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coastal Mission
  • Direct the Cat
  • Great Spirit
  • Jeff Runco
  • John McKee
  • Juba
  • Jubaslilballerina
  • Jubawithatwist
  • Little Roo Roo
  • Someday Is Today
  • West Virginia breeding
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • West Virginia Thoroughbred Breeders Association

Coastal Mission named WV-bred Horse of the Year

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Coastal Mission, who dominated state-bred foes and beat open company, was named WV-bred Horse of the Year Sunday at the WV breeders banquet.

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