Of bits and blinkers
If clothes make the man, does equipment make the horse? Bits and blinkers figured prominently in Saturday’s Laurel stakes.
If clothes make the man, does equipment make the horse? Bits and blinkers figured prominently in Saturday’s Laurel stakes.
Maida flashed brilliance in destroying her rivals in the Alma North Stakes, while Barbadian Runner did his thing in winning the Deputed Testamony
Jockey Forest Boyce always seems to have one or two good regular mounts, and these days, Quint’s Brew and Barbadian Runner fill that role.
Trainer Ronney Brown, best known for Charles Town claiming horses, is making a bet on his newest stallion: Barbadian Runner’s sire Barbados.
Popular Maryland runners Witty, Slewperstitus, and Barbadian Runner made their returns to the winner’s circle for the first time in ’26 this weekend.
Two-for-two with a Grade 1 victory, Maryland-bred Splendora leads the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2026.
At Sunday’s annual Renaissance Awards at Laurel Park, Mindframe was named champion Maryland-bred, one of many awards given out.
The only older US runner to win two Grade 1 races on dirt, Maryland-bred Mindframe has been named the Top Midlantic-bred of 2025.
Charles Town correspondent Ted Black revisits 10 stories that mattered at the West Virginia oval in 2025.
Multiple graded stakes winner Post Time won Saturday’s Manfuso Stakes at Laurel Park to head to retirement with one last triumph, his 13th.