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23
Jul
  • Bill Marlow
  • Bill Reightler
  • Ferris Allen
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Sabrina Moore
  • Timonium

Bill Reightler “an ambassador for Maryland racing”

  • Frank Vespe / 4 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Longtime bloodstock agent Bill Reightler, who passed away Tuesday, is remembered as “an ambassador for the whioe Maryland racing indsutry.”

Fasig-Tipton
05
Dec
  • Bill Reightler
  • David Wade
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett

Fasig-Tipton mixed sale dips; Ghostzapper colt is topper

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 5
  • 4 min read

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale saw declines from 2022, the result of a smaller book, less glamor in the racing age portion, and a soft sales market.

Timonium post parade
20
Jul
  • Bill Reightler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland State Fair
  • Timonium

Timonium announces race schedule for 2023

  • Press Release / 3 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

The Maryland State Fair on July 20 announced the 2023 Timonium race meet, which will include two stakes during its seven-day stand.

Timonium
19
Jul
  • Bill Reightler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium
  • Timonium Distaff S.

Timonium meet to kick off August 26

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

The Timonium race meet, the last fair meet on the East Coast, will take place August 26 through September 5 with seven days of live racing.

Timonium
26
Aug
  • Bill Marlow
  • Bill Reightler
  • Gerry Brewster
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland State Fair
  • Timonium
  • Timonium Juvenile S.

Optimism in the air as Timonium meet to kick off

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

The 2021 Timonium meet – back after a one-year Covid-spurred hiatus – sees some changes that organizers hope will spur growth.

Timonium
06
Aug
  • Bill Reightler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

State Fair announces Timonium meet

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

The Timonium race meet will take place August 27-September 6, the Maryland State Fair announced today, highlighted by increased purses and a new stake.

Harpers First Ride
04
Feb
  • Bill Reightler
  • Harpers First Ride
  • Knicks Go
  • mid-Atlantic breeding
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paynter
  • Sagamore Farm

On Breeding: Paynter’s pretty pictures

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

In our latest On Breeding column, the top two Midlantic-breds of 2020 both are sons of Paynter. What’s their secret?

Fasig-Tipton
04
Oct
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • Marshall Silverman
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett

Caution in the air for Fasig-Tipton yearling sale

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Fasig-Tipton officials are hoping this week’s Midlantic yearling sale will benefit from the rescheduled Preakness.

Hip 183
08
Dec
  • Bill Reightler
  • fasig
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Joe Besecker
  • Marshall Silverman
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett
  • Sabrina Moore

Fasig-Tipton: “Bittersweet” Besecker dispersal tops mixed sale

  • Linda Dougherty / 7 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale features a colt out of a half to Grade 1 winner Knicks Go and the “very bittersweet” Joe Besecker dispersal.

Hip 435 Fasig-Tipton
01
Oct
  • Bill Reightler
  • Cary Frommer
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett
  • Sabrina Moore

Fasig-Tipton yearling sale: average up, gross sales flat

  • The Biz / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearlings sale concluded with an increase in average price, while the gross was basically flat versus 2018.

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