Category: Features

Marsha Hudgins embracing unexpected VRC role

by Press Release | Jul 6, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |

Marsha Hudgins didn’t think she was qualified to join the Virginia Racing Commission. But now that she’s on it, she’s diving in and embracing it.

Pinhook Diary: Finding the way forward

by Chelsea Lowman | Jul 6, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Chelsea Lowman’s monthly pinhook diary continues: coronavirus has posed challenges, but PJ is thriving and maybe the path forward is getting clearer.

Trailblazer Krone back for new challenge

by Nick Hahn | Jun 25, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone remembers her Belmont triumph aboard Colonial Affair and discusses her new challenge as a jockey’s agent.

Delaware Park: A day at the races in the age of covid-19

by John Piassek | Jun 22, 2020 | Breaking, DE Business, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Last Wednesday, Delaware Park became the first Eastern track to permit fans to attend, and our correspondent was one of them.

BackTracks: Bee Bee Bee spoils the party

by Jennifer Kelly | Jun 18, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Bee Bee Bee, the Maryland-bred who upset the 1972 Preakness.

Counter Move still winning for Casey Fleming

by Ted Black | Jun 14, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Counter Move, a 14-year-old who earned over $400,000, is still running down rivals today as a pony at Charles Town for outrider Casey Fleming.

John Mazza: “Hard to think he’s not here”

by Jim Hague | Jun 12, 2020 | Breaking, Features, New Jersey, NJ Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Monmouth mainstay John Mazza passed away in May, and those closest to him remember him as a great dad, a generous guy, and a willing mentor.

Pleasant Colony: Dozing to greatness

by Nick Hahn | Jun 9, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |

Nearly 40 years ago, the unheralded Virginia-bred Pleasant Colony burst on the Triple Crown scene with late-running wins in the Derby and Preakness.

Pinhook Diary: PJ and a coronavirus detour

by Chelsea Lowman | Jun 4, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Chelsea Lowman’s monthly pinhooking diary continues today, as the coronavirus arrives and could lead to significant detours.

BackTracks: Gallorette takes on the boys

by Jennifer Kelly | Jun 3, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, the great distaffer Gallorette, who repeatedly faced – and beat – the top boys.

Long wait grown longer for race sec’y Jillian Tullock

by Teresa Genaro | May 27, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 1 |

Jillian Tullock – Maryland’s racing secretary without racing – is hoping what she calls a “mind-boggling” situation will soon be resolved.

Monmouth delays start of racing until July 4 weekend

by Press Release | Apr 13, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Features, New Jersey, NJ Business | 0 |

With New Jersey the second-hardest hit state in the nation by coronavirus, Monmouth Park will not allow horses on the grounds until June 1.

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