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Apr
Apr
Golden Angel is “one for mom”
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Teresa Genaro / 3 years
- 3
- 5 min read
James Blackwell thought he would sell his yearling filly, but fate and fortune had other plans for Golden Angel.
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High flyer: Tuskegee Airmen’s meaningful connection
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Teresa Genaro / 3 years
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- 6 min read
When owner Chuck Zacney began looking for a name for his Street Sense colt, he remembered a late friend who had been one of the WWII era Tuskegee Airmen.
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Aug
Aug
Late developer Leader of the Band takes connex to Spa day
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 2
- 4 min read
John Servis hadn’t won a Saratoga race in over 20 years. Owner Will Schwartz never had. Until Leader of the Band struck on August 19.
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Aug
Aug
Trevor McCarthy hoping for progress at racing “Super Bowl”
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 5
- 5 min read
Trevor and Katie (Davis) McCarthy, longtime Mid-Atlantic stalwarts, are focused on growing new roots, in New York, as Trevor rides his first Saratoga meet.
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May
May
Preakness attendance half of pre-pandemic levels. Why?
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 18
- 7 min read
Attendance at Saturday’s Preakness was about half of what it had been before the pandemic. Why? Teresa Genaro asked some who came and some who didn’t.
23
May
May
So proud of her: Can the Queen’s winding road to stakes winner
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 2
- 5 min read
On a Pimlico weekend celebrating high-end horses, Can the Queen, a modest Maryland-bred who almost didn’t get to the races, scored one for the home team.
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May
May
Greene “never dreamed something like” Luna Belle
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 2
- 6 min read
Deborah Greene cracks up at the idea that she always knew that she’d own racehorses. How could you imagine one like Luna Belle?
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Oct
Oct
Trish Bowman’s baptism by fire
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 4
- 8 min read
In her short tenure as Maryland Jockey Club stakes coordinator, 29-year-old Trish Bowman had to navigate a career’s worth of challenges.
23
Oct
Oct
Md. Million: Hello Beautiful posts historic win
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Teresa Genaro / 4 years
- 2
- 3 min read
Hello Beautiful dominated in the Maryland Million Distaff to become just the seventh runner to win three times in the Maryland Million.
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Aug
Aug
Chris Feifarek hoping for “heroic” future for Beren
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Teresa Genaro / 5 years
- 3
- 5 min read
Pennsylvania-bred Beren is named for a hero of fantasy literature, and co-owner-breeder Chris Feifarek hopes his horse can be a hero of a different sort.