BackTracks: Safely Kept, stone-cold runner
In today’s BackTracks, Maryland-bred and -sired Safely Kept came from relatively modest beginnings to earn every accolade imaginable.
Read Moreby Jennifer Kelly | Feb 23, 2022 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
In today’s BackTracks, Maryland-bred and -sired Safely Kept came from relatively modest beginnings to earn every accolade imaginable.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 5, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide | 0 |
One observer described the just-completed Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling sale as “bullish as hell,” and he wasn’t wrong.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 6, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 2 |
The closure of Laurel Park because of the track surface has been a trial for many. But avoiding it in future isn’t just a matter of rebuilding the track.
Read MoreEllanation surprised everyone in winning the Jameela Stakes at Pimlico, and you can count her thrilled owners among those surprised.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 28, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
The state Racing Commission Thursday agreed to trim Maryland-bred bonuses for the rest of 2020 to about 80% of prior levels, a result of the pandemic’s economic effects.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jun 28, 2018 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |
The Maryland-bred stakes schedule had been put on hold as policy makers worked to overcome a financial crunch caused by better-than-expected success in the state-bred program.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | May 22, 2018 | Breaking, Business, National news, Top Stories | 0 |
A Medaglia d’Oro colt who fetched $1.2 million highlighted the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic two-year-old sale.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 2, 2017 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide | 0 |
The five yearlings to sell for more than $100,000 on day one of Fasig-Tipton’s two-day yearling sale all were bred in the mid-Atlantic.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 22, 2017 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 3 |
Mary Eppler trainee Story Spinner had a dextrorphan positive February 10. So why did it take six months for the Maryland Racing Commission to resolve the case?
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Dec 22, 2015 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 7 |
The Maryland Racing Commission’s decision last week not to disqualify Corvus highlights how much the Commission has yet to do in overhauling drug rules.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 8, 2015 | Breaking, Breeding, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 3 |
The numbers for Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale continued a decline that’s been going on for years. Participants offered several theories on why.
Read Moreby The Biz | Oct 7, 2015 | Breaking, Breeding, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
The gross and average declined at yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling sale, though Maryland-breds outstripped the sale as a whole.
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