Passions and more have burned at Pimlico since its grand opening on Oct. 25, 1870. Racetrackers past and present remember.
Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Stakes should be a fun race, but it’s unlikely to launch the careers of two Classic winners, like the 1982 edition did.
Jockey Mario Pino, a longtime Mid-Atlantic stalwart, became only the 10th rider to win 7,000 races when he won two at Presque Isle Downs Oct. 20.
Jockey Mario Pino is thisclose to 7,000 career wins. . So why does this pending metaphorical ribbon on a grand career feel like a slipknot?
Nancy Heil lost her husband in 2014, and then in early 2020, she was just weeks from losing their farm. And then Karan’s Notion arrived.
Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, fifth on the all-time wins list, is down to one owner and four horses — but no complaints.
Dick Woolley, who as a track announcer called almost 20 Preaknesses and also won an Eclipse Award for his work in radio, has died at age 89.
Accountant Jack Kousin has returned to training horses — more than three decades after leaving the business following a successful run.
Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Championship (now Futurity) should be a fun race, but it’s unlikely to launch the careers of two Classic winners, like the 1982 edition did.
Trainer Richard Butts, active until he died last month at age 93, is remembered as a remarkable man whose honesty was “beyond reproach.”