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.
West Virginia-bred Teachintherelease, a dominant winner of five straight at Charles Town, looks to carry his form to Laurel in Saturday’s Manfuso.
Barbadian Runner won his sixth stake of the year, while WV-bred Maskedandmummed won her second to top the weekend Midlantic stakes.
Barbadian Runner, who turned aside Post Time in the Maryland Million Classic, is a solid favorite in Saturday’s Dickie Small, one of three Saturday stakes.
In the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll, Mindframe has a narrowed lead over fellow Grade 1 winners Book’em Danno and Splendora.