Category: Bylined Feature

“Something from Grandmother” helps Post Time win Carter

by Teresa Genaro | Apr 8, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 0 |

Family connections abounded as Post Time won the Carter, and owner Ellen Charles thinks her star may get a little bit extra from that.

Pork Chop Pete has connections on an upswing

by Ted Black | Mar 28, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

A flashy debut score for WV-bred Pork Chop Pete has trainer Javier Contreras and owners O’Sullivan Farms and Alex Kazdan on an upswing.

For jockey Larry Reynolds, it’s like he never left

by Ted Black | Mar 20, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 3 |

Jockey Larry Reynolds took a decade away from riding, but now that he’s back it’s like he never left, and even the faces in the jocks’ room are similar.

“Kind of crazy”: Full siblings triple up at Laurel Park

by Frank Vespe | Mar 12, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 0 |

In the space of nine days, trainer Michael Gorham sent out three full siblings to victory at Laurel Park, including one, Quint’s Brew, who bears watching.

Trainer Caitlin Keil notches first win

by Frank Vespe | Mar 9, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Maryland, MD Racing | 1 |

Trainer Caitlin Keil didn’t have to wait too long for her first win, which came Saturday at Laurel Park with Fainor’s Filets. But it sure felt that way.

“Tears in my eyes”: First win for trainer Troy Singh

by Frank Vespe | Mar 7, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 1 |

Troy Singh’s journey has taken him from Guyana to Laurel, MD, and from a racing-loving truck driver without much horse knowledge to a winning trainer.

Bargain Boss E Boogs paying dividends

by Ted Black | Mar 5, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Six-year-old Boss E Boogs may be the result of a free breeding, but he sure is paying dividends for trainer-owner-breeder Tabitah Wilhelm.

Overnight Pow Wow looks to continue McKee legacy

by Ted Black | Feb 28, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Featured Races, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

The late John McKee bred two of the top WV-breds of recent years. Now Overnight Pow Wow, their full sister, looks to carry on that legacy.

Muad’dib, other Runco runners gearing up for ’24

by Ted Black | Feb 23, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Some of trainer Jeff Runco’s top runners are gearing up for 2024, with Muad’dib already owning a win and Coastal Mission back on the work tab.

Trainer Butch Reid looking to build on “a heck of a year”

by Teresa Genaro | Feb 15, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Trainer Butch Reid had a career year in 2023. With a horse on the Triple Crown trail and another nearing $1 million in earnings, 2023 could be better still.