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Safely Kept
23
Feb
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  • David Hayden
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  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
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  • Safely Kept

BackTracks: Safely Kept, stone-cold runner

  • Jennifer Kelly / 3 years
  • 3
  • 9 min read

In today’s BackTracks, Maryland-bred and -sired Safely Kept came from relatively modest beginnings to earn every accolade imaginable.

Soul of the Matter
19
Jan
  • Afternoon Deelites
  • BackTracks
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Cigar
  • Dubai World Cup
  • Kentucky Derby
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Soul of the Matter

BackTracks: Burt Bacharach’s magic moments

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 3
  • 11 min read

In today’s BackTracks, songwriter Burt Bacharach bred a pair of West Virginia-breds that competed against — and often beat — the best of their generations.

Sun Beau
10
Dec
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  • Court Manor
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Reigh Count
  • Sun Beau
  • Willis Sharpe Kilmer

BackTracks: Sun Beau shines brightest

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 3
  • 10 min read

In today’s BackTracks, Virginia-bred Sun Beau becomes the all-time money earner in his Hall of Fame career.

Open Mind
09
Nov
  • Angel Cordero
  • BackTracks
  • Bob Brennan
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Open Mind

BackTracks: Open Mind runs the table

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 3
  • 11 min read

In today’s BackTracks, New Jersey-bred Open Mind records a stunning 10-race win streak to punctuate her Hall of Fame career.

Run the Gantlet
14
Oct
  • BackTracks
  • Elliott Burch
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paul Mellon
  • Rokeby Stable
  • Run the Gantlet

BackTracks: Run the Gantlet’s championship year

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 3
  • 10 min read

In today’s BackTracks, Run the Gantlet finds new life on the turf, and fills major shoes in trainer Elliott Burch’s powerful stable.

Zoffany
16
Sep
  • BackTracks
  • John Gosden
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • New Jersey-bred Hall of Fame
  • Zoffany

BackTracks: Zoffany’s work of art

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 10 min read

In today’s BackTracks, the well-traveled New Jersey-bred Zoffany took on the best turf horses of his time – and often prevailed.

What a Summer
12
Jul
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  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • What a Summer

BackTracks: What a Summer, what a horse

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 10 min read

In today’s BackTracks, Maryland-bred What a Summer takes on all comers en route to an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter.

Mongo
10
Jun
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  • Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup
  • Marion duPont Scott
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mongo

BackTracks: Mongo and Marion

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 6
  • 12 min read

In today’s BackTracks, Marion duPont Scott’s Mongo takes on all comers en route to 1963 champion grass horse honoros.

Armed
15
May
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  • Dinner Party S.
  • Dixie Stakes
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

BackTracks: Well Armed

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 9 min read

In today’s BackTracks, top handicappers Armed and Stymie square off in the 1946 Dixie in the second of a trio of compelling meetings.

Chompion
12
May
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  • Chompion
  • Colonial Farms
  • Dinner Party S.
  • Dixie Stakes
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

BackTracks: Chompion’s Dixie

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 8 min read

In today’s BackTracks, 1968 Travers winner Chompion takes the 1971 Dixie after Hall of Famer Fort March is DQed.

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