Category: Opinion

On breeding: Sharing early to the party

by George Adams | Dec 3, 2019 | Breaking, Breeding, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Maryland-bred Sharing is – like her sire and dam – a Breeders’ Cup winner, but unlike her pedigree suggests is impressively precocious.

Piassek: Criticizing PETA won’t save horses, or racing

by John Piassek | Nov 25, 2019 | Breaking, National news, Opinion | 1 |

The racing industry’s criticism of PETA and other antagonists has been swift, harsh — and a distraction from the issues that really matter.

Genaro: Breeders’ Cup shows sport I love – and hate

by Teresa Genaro | Nov 9, 2019 | Breaking, National news, Opinion, Top Stories | 4 |

The Breeders’ Cup provided the outcome that Teresa Genaro wanted — and the one she feared – and has her wondering about the future.

On breeding: The (Avani) Force is strong

by George Adams | Nov 5, 2019 | Breaking, Breeding, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Hard-hitting sprinter Call Paul – a multiple graded winner – and promising juvenile Pink Caddy are half-siblings whose lineage didn’t presage greatness.

Genaro: Mountaineer questions need answers

by Teresa Genaro | Oct 31, 2019 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 1 |

The euthanized Mountaineer Park horse dumped in a landfill raises troubling questions, opines Teresa Genaro. Why won’t anyone in the industry answer them?

Op-Ed: New Pimlico needs the old

by Guest Author | Oct 26, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion, Top Stories | 1 |

Racing fan/historian April I. Smith is jumping for joy at The agreement to keep Pimlico in Baltimore — but says more must be done to meld new and old.

Md. Million: Hugs, cheers, and tears at mini-Breeders’ Cup

by Frank Vespe | Oct 22, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Opinion, Top Stories | 0 |

Maryland Million has grown into exactly what Jim McKay envisioned: a mini-Breeders’ Cup for Maryland that for many participants represents the pinnacle.