Today in Racing History, Concealed Identity won the Maryland Juvenile Championship for trainer Eddie Gaudet en route to a berth in the 2011 Preakness.
The claiming statistics and leaders for the week ending December 16, in our Claimbox Report.
December Maryland Racing Commission meetings are usually like Festivus gatherings: plenty of airing of grievances. That wasn’t the case Tuesday.
The racing fan organization Thorofan will present its annual Thorofan Award to equine aftercare advocate Michael Blowen, who runs Old Friends Equine.
Coming off his third Fabulous Strike win in a row, Maryland-bred Ben’s Cat earned the nod in the final Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2014.
A loose horse running the wrong way ran into another horse during a race Saturday at Charles Town. The stewards blame the track; the track blames the stewards.
On Friday we flagged four horses we were watching over the weekend. Today’s RaceBrief answers the question: How’d they do?
At Saturday’s retirement ceremony for local star Eighttofasttocatch, the big horse was the biggest star — but don’t sell the flamingoes or the goat short.
Laurel Park will hold a retirement ceremony tomorrow for Eighttofasttocatch, the gelding who won Saturday’s Jennings Handicap to eclipse $1 million in earnings.
What’s on tap this weekend… a Top Midlantic-bred in action, plus some horses worth a look.