Category: Features

Q and A: Trevor McCarthy off to California

by Mike Valiante | May 6, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 1 |

Jockey Trevor McCarthy will shift his tack to Southern California later this month, and our Mike Valiante caught up with him.

Reigh Count, Virginia’s forgotten Kentucky Derby winner

by Nick Hahn | May 1, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Reigh Count is one of four Kentucky Derby winners bred in Virginia, and his legacy extends to this day in racing — even if he himself is mostly forgotten.

Chris Griffin: Hoops, hot rods, and horses

by Peter Monaco | Apr 21, 2021 | Breaking, Features, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Top Stories | 0 |

Before calling horses, new Parx Racing announcer made his voice heard for the Harlem Globetrotters and the National Hot Rod Association.

Hello Hot Rod to return home for Tesio Stakes

by Frank Vespe | Apr 15, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Maryland-bred Hello Hot Rod — training in Kentucky for Arizona-based owner George Sharp — will return home for a hoped-for Tesio-Preakness double.

BackTracks: Market Wise, long-distance star

by Jennifer Kelly | Apr 8, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

In today’s BackTracks, the story of Market Wise, the bargain basement star who got better the longer the races went.

Spurn, Moschonas having the last laugh

by Ted Black | Apr 7, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Folks laughed when trainer Gerasimos Moschonas brought the undersized Spurn to the track — but after two straight wins, they’re not laughing anymore.

River Crosroad RVF seeking straight and narrow

by Ted Black | Mar 22, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

River Crosroad RVF has a little bit of talent — and an unfortunate habit of bolting off the racetrack and towards home.

Exculpatory takes long road to winner’s circle

by Press Release | Mar 19, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 0 |

Three-year-old Exculpatory won at first asking, but that doesn’t get close to describing his long journey to the winner’s circle.

Horse songs for St. Patrick’s Day

by Frank Vespe | Mar 17, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

It’s no secret that horses and racing are a bigger deal in Ireland than in America, so on the day celebrating Irish heritage,, we share a couple of musical favorites.

After 2000, Bocachica “ready to focus on other goals”

by Ted Black | Mar 12, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica earned his 2,000th career win last week — and says he’s already looking ahead to what’s next.

Memorable Moments: Lure vs. Star of Cozzene

by Linda Dougherty | Mar 11, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Latest Memorable Moments in the Mid-Atlantic: top turfers Lure and Star of Cozzene meet for the final time in the 1994 Caesars International at Atlantic City.