Category: Opinion

Opinion: Right call on “Maryland, My Maryland”

by Frank Vespe | Sep 13, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion, Top Stories | 2 |

The Maryland Jockey Club’s decision to eliminate the playing of “Maryland, My Maryland” is the right call at the right time, our correspondent writes.

Opinion: Racing’s time for choosing

by Frank Vespe | Sep 4, 2020 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 2 |

Protests, and the nation’s reckoning with race and racism, arrived at racing’s front door this week. The sport will need to make some choices.

On Breeding: Juba and his Twitter account

by Linda Dougherty | Sep 2, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Just an ordinary racehorse, Juba made his name with an entertaining Twitter account. Now his owners hope he’ll make it in the breeding shed.

Opinion: Breaking faith with NJ horsemen

by Frank Vespe | Aug 18, 2020 | Breaking, New Jersey, NJ Business, Opinion, Top Stories | 1 |

A backup with the drug testing lab has left Monmouth Park horsemen in the lurch, leaving them with little purse revenue in the first six weeks of the meet.

Opinion: Green Gratto shows why racing can’t have nice things

by Frank Vespe | Aug 9, 2020 | Breaking, New Jersey, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 2 |

Grade 1 winner Green Gratto, a millionaire New Jersey-bred, hasn’t raced for over two years but is entered for a $20,000 tag at Monmouth Park Sunday.

On Breeding: Katarica Disco dances on

by Linda Dougherty | Jul 31, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

The Maryland-bred Disco Rico mare Katarica Disco has enjoyed tremendous success with the Pennsylvania sire Weigelia, producing seven winners.

Haskell day 2020 unlike any other

by John Piassek | Jul 20, 2020 | Breaking, New Jersey, NJ Racing, Opinion | 0 |

Haskell Day 2020 was something literally unprecedented at Monmouth Park: a Haskell day with almost no fans. Our John Piassek reports back on a strange day at the track.