Category: Features

BackTracks: Love Sign and the fabulous fillies of 1977

by Jennifer Kelly | Feb 19, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Love Sign, who faced off against Genuine Risk, Weber City Miss, and others of a dazzling generation.

Pinhook Diary: Why PJ?

by Chelsea Lowman | Feb 5, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Chelsea Lowman’s monthly pinhooking diary continues today, as she answers the question: Why’d you pick the horse you picked?

Trainer Carlos Mancilla enjoying major upswing

by Frank Vespe | Feb 2, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

The long-under-the-radar operation of trainer Carlos Mancilla has abruptly found itself winning at a 28% clip while moving horses up the ladder.

January provides Harrison, Jones first stakes wins

by Ted Black | Jan 31, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Two Charles Town-based trainers – Glenn Harrison and Michael Jones, Jr. – recorded their first career stakes wins in January with big upsets.

Sharing stamped for success right from start

by Doug McCoy | Jan 22, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Sharing, today named Top Midlantic-bred of 2019, was stamped for success right from the start, as the daughter of two Breeders’ Cup winners.

BackTracks: Meadow Stud’s Cicada

by Jennifer Kelly | Jan 21, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 2 |

Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. In our first, a profile of Cicada, one of the earliest great Meadown Stud runners.

Pinhook Diary: A lot of hope on a little colt

by Chelsea Lowman | Jan 7, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Chelsea Lowman long had a dream to pinhook a Thoroughbred, and in her monthly diary, which kicks off today, she’ll take us along for the experience.

Rogers getting good reviews as CT race secretary

by Ted Black | Dec 23, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

With six months in the job, Charles Town Racing Secretary Elizabeth Rogers is earning plaudits from coworkers and trainers alike.

Bugler Dixon learning new song after scary accident

by Jim Hague | Dec 20, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Bethann Dixon – known to Maryland racing fans for playing the call to post on big days – is learning a new song as she recovers from a terrible accident.

Parade of Colors helps breeder Williamson march on

by Doug McCoy | Dec 18, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Breeding, Top Stories | 0 |

After a lifetime in racing, breeder Jay Williamson is still excited about the patriotically-named offspring of his mare Parade of Colors.

All heart: Port Louis taking Haynes on unexpected joyride

by Frank Vespe | Nov 26, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Four-year-old Port Louis scored a stunner Maryland Million day and is providing the best therapy for new trainer Bob Haynes, months after his heart surgery.

Joe Mishak looking to fulfill his – and others’ – dreams

by Linda Dougherty | Nov 1, 2019 | Breaking, Features, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Philadelphia native Joe Mishak gave up a career in accounting for one in horseracing, and now as part of My Racehorse has two Breeders’ Cup chances.

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