Category: Opinion

Off the Pace: Rich Glazier a “genuine everyman”

by Mike Valiante | Jun 25, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 3 |

In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante remembers Delaware Park’s Rich Glazier as a “genuine everyman” who truly loved what he did.

What we have is a failure to communicate

by Frank Vespe | Jun 3, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Bob Baffert won’t have a horse in the Belmont, but all anyone can talk about is Bob Baffert. It’s exhausting, and another whiff.

Mattress Mack: Bet where it counts most

by Guest Author | Jun 3, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion | 0 |

Where you bet matters, says Mattress Mack, Jim McIngvale, in this opinion piece, and if you care about the future of racing, you should bet on-track.

Off the Pace: The aftercare challenge

by Mike Valiante | May 26, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

In a new “Off the Pace”: What to do with end-of-career horses is a problem with many causes, and many solutions, and people working to enact them.

Genaro: The hits that keep on coming

by Teresa Genaro | May 19, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Triple Crown Trail | 2 |

It’s been one thing after another in racing the last couple of weeks, and our Teresa Genaro wonders if it’ll all be enough to make racing take action.

Home is the horseman

by Frank Vespe | May 18, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion | 0 |

The trainer who died in 1949 and the dog who died in 1974 are among the many, many ghosts of Pimlico who’ll need a place of honor when renewal comes.

“No idea what the hell he is talking about”

by Frank Vespe | May 10, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Bob Baffert has a cancel culture problem. Ed Martin has a Bob Baffert problem. Donald Trump has all kinds of problems. What’s going on this Preakness week?

Off the Pace: What racing should do yesterday Pt. 3

by Mike Valiante | Apr 28, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 2 |

In a new “Off the Pace,” Mike Valiante concludes his three-part series on what racing must do to prepare for the future by sharing his own ideas.

Off the Pace: What racing should do yesterday Pt. 2

by Mike Valiante | Apr 13, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 6 |

In a new “Off the Pace,” Mike Valiante asks bettors for the one change they would make to improve the racing industry.

Off the Pace: What racing should do… yesterday

by Mike Valiante | Mar 31, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 4 |

In a new “Off the Pace,” Mike Valiante kicks off a series focused on 10 actions items so important that the racing industry should have done them yesterday.

Off the Pace: Spring training

by Mike Valiante | Mar 18, 2021 | Breaking, Off the Pace, Opinion, Regionwide | 3 |

New to the site Mike Valiante, says the first day back at a racetrack gives him the same feeling as an old baseball player at the start of spring training.