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Pimlico, WVBC, Joe Kelly Unsung Hero: The week in social media
An Unsung Hero is sung, Pimlico plans announced, and WVBC arrives, in the Week in social media.
Heather Cellinesi wins Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award
The 2019 Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award will be given to Heather Cellinesi as part of the Maryland MIllion festivities later this month.
Industry insiders laud Pimlico plan: “Our Triple Crown”
Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry insiders appear to be lining up behind the new plan to keep the Preakness at Pimlico and reinvent Laurel Park.
Trainer Vinnie Blengs passes
Trainer Vinnie Blengs, whose key career milestones included three graded stakes in Maryland and the Maryland Million Classic, passed away at age 90.
Midlantic regulators group takes steps to foster equine safety
Midlantic regulators pushed forward on implementing their strategic plan with a couple of recent steps.
Pimlico: City, Stronach Group announce agreement, but much work remains
The agreement to save Pimlico announced today by the Stronach Group and Baltimore City will require state legislative action.
WVBC, Mirth and more: The week in social media
PA-bred Mirth is Breeders’ Cup-bound, the WV Breeders Classics draw near, and a big yearling sale, in the Week in social media.
Sales Tales: The secretive Keystone State colt
Our Sales Tales share some of the stories from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale; here, the secretive story of the Keystone State colt.
Sales Tales: “She fit the bill”
Our Sales Tales share some stories from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale; here, the buyer who wasn’t going to buy, and the filly that sold him.
Sales Tales: More Crabcakes, please
Our Sales Tales share some of the stories from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale; here, Crabcakes’ little brother, who found a home in Maryland.
Renaissance in racing: VRC lauds Colonial Downs season
The Va. Racing Commission Wednesday approved a fourth “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium” while lauding the rebirth of Colonial Downs.
Fasig-Tipton yearling sale: average up, gross sales flat
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearlings sale concluded with an increase in average price, while the gross was basically flat versus 2018.
Sales tales: From distraught foal to sale-topper
Our Sales Tales share some of the stories from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale; here, the story of the onetime distraught foal who topped the sale Tuesday.
Fasig-Tipton yearling sale: Gross, average up on day one led by Midlantic-breds
The gross and average both were up on day one of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale, with region-breds leading the way.
Fasig-Tipton yearling sale: 10 hips to watch
With the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale set for Monday and Tuesday, our correspondent shares her 10 hips to watch in this year’s event.
Fasig-Tipton yearling sale has much for regional buyers
With more than half of the 435 hips bred in the Mid-Atlantic, this week’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale has plenty for the end user looking to race nearby.
Of sales and stakes: The week in social media
Math Wizard adds up a PA Derby upset, Bourbon Courage slurps up his first stake win as a sire, and the sale beckons, in the Week in social media.
25 hips added to Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling sale
The additional hips at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale are numbered 411-435, and you can see them online.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2019 yearling sale by the numbers
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling sale takes place next Monday and Tuesday in Timonium, and in advance of the sale, we’ve crunched the numbers.
Consignor Amara Underwood, 17, a young woman in a hurry
Amara Underwood, 17, has nine horses she’s selling at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Yearling Sale next week — the second straight year she’s sold there.
