BackTracks: Fort Marcy’s trip from reject to record-setter
Fort Marcy went on to become the first turfer to win Horse of the Year – after owner-breeder Paul Mellon tried to sell him.
Read Moreby Jennifer Kelly | Nov 15, 2022 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Fort Marcy went on to become the first turfer to win Horse of the Year – after owner-breeder Paul Mellon tried to sell him.
Read Moreby The Biz | Oct 25, 2021 | Breaking, Breeding, Maryland, MD Breeding, New Jersey, NJ Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, West Virginia, WV Breeding | 0 |
While the just-released report of of mares bred showed essentially flat national numbers, the MId-Atlantic saw a 15% drop.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Feb 6, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Breeding, New Jersey, NJ Breeding, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, West Virginia, WV Breeding | 0 |
Stakes winners Hello Hot Rod and Pickin’ Time are among six horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic who have been nominated to the Triple Crown.
Read Moreby Press Release | Oct 7, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
With the cancellation of the Colonial Downs race meet, five stakes for Virginia-bred or -sired horses will take place Friday at Laurel Park.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jun 9, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Nearly 40 years ago, the unheralded Virginia-bred Pleasant Colony burst on the Triple Crown scene with late-running wins in the Derby and Preakness.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jun 22, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Second-timer Fionnbharr scored a 19-1 upset today at Laurel Park, following in the footsteps of her dam, multiple stake winner Embarr.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 28, 2018 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
River Gal won the Jamestown Stakes today at Laurel Park, the latest in an equine family that’s been very good to Morgan’s Ford Farm.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 23, 2018 | Breaking, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Three-year-old Altamura won her fourth consecutive race in the Oakley Stakes but was vanned off after taking a bad step in the gallop-out.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Aug 10, 2018 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Four Virginia-bred stakes were taken off the turf at Laurel last Saturday – but owners, trainers, and jocks were undeterred and the show went on.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jun 23, 2018 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Glenn Eickhoff, breeder of Evans Stakes winner Sticksstatelydude, got his start with a different horse breed: the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jun 23, 2018 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
John Stephens broke the great Barbaro, that being his main business, but had never trained a stakes winner until Altamura scored today at Laurel Park.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jun 20, 2018 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
Two Notch Road, now 11 years old and having earned over $500,000, heads the field for Saturday’s White Oak Farm Stakes at Laurel Park for Virginia-breds.
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