Category: Top Stories

Crystal Pickett: “I’ll never forget” Dr. Feelgood

by Ted Black | Nov 23, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

The fatal injury last week of Charles Town sprinter Dr. Feelgood left trainer Crystal Pickett and jockey Darius Thorpe saddened, and reflective.

Covid and more: The week in social media

by Chelsea Lowman | Nov 20, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Six straight for Malibu Mischief, racing resumes at CT, and discounted stallion prices, in the week in social media.

Sham will not concede ’73 Crown to Secretariat

by Frank Vespe | Nov 20, 2020 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories | 3 |

They talk of politics as a “horse race,” but this is ridiculous. “Calling Secretariat the winner of the Preakness is fake news,” Sham said.

Off to the Races podcast: Jessica Hammond

by Press Release | Nov 19, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

In our latest Off to the Races Conversations, we visit with Jessica Hammond, the head of Maryland’s Beyond the Wire Thoroughbred aftercare program.

Charles Town: Parisian Diva nearing return

by Ted Black | Nov 18, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Parisian Diva, last year’s top sophomore WV-bred filly, has only raced once in 2020 but is nearing her return to action.

The autumn of King Leatherbury

by Vinnie Perrone | Nov 17, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 1 |

Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, fifth on the all-time wins list, is down to one owner and four horses — but no complaints.

Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: November 17

by John Piassek | Nov 17, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

No Cents cashes in in James F. Lewis III Stakes

by Frank Vespe | Nov 14, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

New Jersey-bred No Cents avoided early trouble and came running late to win the James F. Lewis, III Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.

Street Lute rides rail to Smart Halo win

by Frank Vespe | Nov 14, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Street Lute, beaten favorite in last month’s Maryland Million Lassie, made amends with an easy win in Saturday’s Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park.

Off to the Races podcast: Handicapping with Derby Bill

by Press Release | Nov 13, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

In our latest Off to the Races Conversations, former Colonial Downs handicapper Derby Bill Watson joins us to talk Breeders’ Cup, Laurel stakes, and much more.

On Breeding: First Maryland Million winners

by Linda Dougherty | Nov 12, 2020 | Breaking, Breeding, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Three sires registered their first Maryland Million winners a couple of weeks back. Who are they, and whak kind of mares seem to work with them?

Kristy Petty: 2yo Juba geldings “making me look good”

by Ted Black | Nov 11, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Trainer Kristy Petty has sent out only three horses so far this year, but after the West Virginia Futurity, two of them are stakes-placed.

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