Tag: Cigar

BackTracks: Burt Bacharach’s magic moments

by Jennifer Kelly | Jan 19, 2022 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

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.

Five best Pimlico Special winners

by Frank Vespe | May 12, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.

Hall of Famer Cigar passes

by The Biz | Oct 8, 2014 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Breeding | 2 |

Cigar, the Maryland-bred colt whose 16-race win streak captivated the nation, has died at age 24.

Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Famers: Cigar

by The Biz | Mar 14, 2014 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Breeding, MD Racing | 0 |

With the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame poised to announce its second class of inductees, we revisit interviews with connections from the first class.