Frank Carulli’s 11-year stint as the Maryland Jockey Club’s linemaker and on-air handicapper came to an end on Saturday, with plenty of stories and gifts.
Jockey Ryan Fogelsonger has ridden paupers and princes (and princesses) on the Maryland racing scene, and in this interview he talks about how he started and why he’s not quite willing to give up the game, despite a laundry list of injuries.
Big crowds — well, and maybe a line or two at the wagering window — were the order of the day as the first-ever Penn Mile card brought top riders and trainers to Penn National.
A peek back at how some of last week’s stories played out: celebrity announcers labor over racetrack geography, Midlantic-breds outrun their odds, and more!
New Jersey breeding has faced its share of troubles in the last decade, and the Courier-Post newspaper outlines the challenges.
On Wednesday, we presented part one of our two-part interview with Maryland racing Commission chairman Bruce Quade (here). Part 2 is here. Bruce Quade has been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission for a bit less than one year. In that time, he has helped to broker a 10-year agreement among the tracks, horsemen, and […]
On Tuesday the Maryland Racing Commission voted to move forward in its adoption of medication rules that are uniform with those in other mid-Atlantic states. That means that as early as September 1, Maryland’s racing rules will allow raceday Lasix only if administered by a state veterinarian (or his designee); prohibit all other raceday medications; […]
This short video from Jeff Krulik aims to nutshell what The Racing Biz will be and what it’ll cover. Except that in future, there’ll be a lot less of Vespe’s mug in the videos and a lot more of the characters and stories that Jeff so adeptly unearths. Jeff’s an Emmy-winning filmmaker and an inveterate […]
Bruce Quade has been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission for a bit less than one year. In that time, he has helped to broker a 10-year agreement among the tracks, horsemen, and breeders; formed a Breeding Task Force to tackle issues facing that segment of the industry; and confronted a disturbing spate of breakdowns […]