Virginia-bred and -owned It’s Our Time dazzled on debut at Saratoga for racing industry newcomers enjoying the ride.
Everything came up roses this past week for owner-breeder-trainer Lizzie Merryman, and it all had to do with broodmare Zeezee Zoomzoom.
Maryland-bred Future Is Now and New Jersey-bred Book’em Danno made Saratoga their home away from home when both won graded stakes July 19.
Maryland-bred near-millionaire Double Crown has found a soft landing post-racing because, said one of his humans, “a lot of people stepped up.”
For the lifelong friends who are Irish Three Racing, Irish Maxima, entered in the G2 Bed o’ Roses, is taking them on a ride they never imagined.
The starting gate issues that plagued Pimlico’s opening weekend felt eerily symbolic to some Maryland racing stakeholders.
A New York Times op-ed criticizing racing generated heated industry responses that barely addressed the plight of backstretch workers.
Midlantic-breds have dominated Saratoga’s distaff turf sprint division in 2024, and Friday Future Is Now and Roses for Debra tangle once again.
It was a long, twisting road for eight-year-old gelding Wendell Fong, but it’s ending up in the right place: with the retirement he’s earned.
Pennsylvania-bred Dontlookbackatall hopes to stretch her win streak to three in Thursday’s G3 Caress at the Spa in a race with a serious Midlantic flavor.
