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02
May
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Yesterday and today: May 2 racing highlights

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Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

01
May
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Trevor McCarthy

‘He’s back’: Ben’s Cat rallies to win

  • The Biz / 10 years
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The ageless Ben’s Cat rallied mid-track to win an allowance race in his first start of 2016. “He’s back,” said trainer King Leatherbury.

Monster Sleeping
01
May
  • Ben's Cat
  • Forest Boyce
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Yesterday and today: May 1 racing highlights

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Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

28
Apr
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  • King Leatherbury
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Ben’s Cat set for 10yo debut

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Fan favorite Ben’s Cat will make the first start of his 10-year-old season Sunday at Laurel Park.

18
Mar
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  • Girls Got Rhythum
  • King Leatherbury
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Laurel Park notes: Ben’s Cat back on work tab

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New and notes from Laurel Park: Ben’s Cat is back on the work tab, and former Big Mover Girls Got Rhythum is favored.

10
Mar
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing

Ben’s Cat returns to track

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Ten-year-old fan favorite Ben’s Cat has returned to Laurel Park to begin preparation for a season that likely will start at Pimlico.

01
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Year in pictures: Fall 2015

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Over the next four days, we’ll look back at some of the top stories (and pictures) of 2015 with our Year in Pictures series. Today: fall 2015.

11
Dec
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  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing

Opinion: Ben’s Cat’s coming back, and that’s OK by me

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King Leatherbury announced this week he’d bring 9-year-old Ben’s Cat back for 2016. Though some doubt the wisdom, our correspondent’s not one of them.

10
Dec
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  • King Leatherbury
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Ben’s Cat to end season, recharge for ’16

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Ben’s Cat will skip the year-end Dave’s Friend Stakes, trainer King Leatherbury said today, and look towards a return to racing in the spring of 2016.

07
Dec
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  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing

For Ben’s Cat, horse cookies, and more racing

  • Ted Black / 10 years
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King Leatherbury’s popular nine-year-old gelding Ben’s Cat may have one more 2015 start in him — and will return to racing in 2016.

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