Category: Top Stories

Q and A: Trevor McCarthy off to California

by Mike Valiante | May 6, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Jockey Trevor McCarthy will shift his tack to Southern California later this month, and our Mike Valiante caught up with him.

Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: May 4

by John Piassek | May 4, 2021 | 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…

LookBack: Best Preakness weekend 2020 races

by Frank Vespe | May 3, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

With the Preakness less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year’s Preakness weekend. Which races were your favorites?

Medina Spirit upsets Kentucky Derby

by Frank Vespe | May 1, 2021 | Breaking, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

It wasn’t going to be Bob Baffert’s year, but yet again it was as his trainee Medina Spirit scored a front-running upset in the Kentucky Derby.

Reigh Count, Virginia’s forgotten Kentucky Derby winner

by Nick Hahn | May 1, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Reigh Count is one of four Kentucky Derby winners bred in Virginia, and his legacy extends to this day in racing — even if he himself is mostly forgotten.

Talking Kentucky Derby on Off to the Races Radio

by Press Release | Apr 30, 2021 | Audio, Breaking, Top Stories | 0 |

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air May 1 with plenty of Kentucky Derby chatter as Derby day 2021 arrives, including an on-scene report from Frank Angst.

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.

Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: April 27

by John Piassek | Apr 27, 2021 | 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…

Tom Amoss featured on Off to the Races Radio

by Press Release | Apr 23, 2021 | Audio, Breaking, Top Stories | 0 |

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air April 24 with a show featuring trainer Tom Amoss, and much more.

Md Racing Commission frustrated with Laurel track issues

by Frank Vespe | Apr 23, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |

Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.

Charles Town horsemen: Track not the cause of breakdowns

by Ted Black | Apr 22, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 1 |

Charles Town Races has come under fire this year for a spate of breakdowns, but trainers and jockeys at the track said it’s not the racing strip itself that’s to blame.