In our latest Spa Diary: 30 years after his bartending career failed to pan out, Maryland-based trainer Kieron Magee had his first Saratoga winner August 23.
In the third of Teresa Genaro’s 2015 Spa Diary, longtime top Parx Racing rider Kendrick Carmouche takes his talents to the Spa — and thrives.
In the second of Teresa Genaro’s 2015 Spa Diary, Maryland native Maggie Wolfendale turns a lifetime of horse skills to the betting public’s advantage.
In the return of Teresa Genaro’s Spa Diary, Virginia native Arch Kingsley seeks to transition from jumps to flat racing – and to succeed at the Spa.
Dirt tracks pose numerous challenges to track superintendents. Surface consistency and improved safety require digging beneath the surface.
For Alfred Vanderbilt III — whose father, Sagamore Farm founder Alfred II, goes into racing’s Hall of Fame in August — this has been a year of honoring legacies.
In 1966 Maryland-bred, Virginia-raised, Nebraska-owned Kauai King did the one thing sire Native Dancer couldn’t: head to Belmont seeking a Triple Crown.
In the neighborhoods near Pimlico, Preakness weekend is about more than horse racing, or parties.
Rogue financier Bob Brennan and Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas share one thing: They were stars in an important, but largely forgotten, Preakness.
The Baltimore riots led some in racing to wonder if the Preakness would — or should — be moved from Pimlico. That, say Baltimoreans, is the wrong question.