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Sheilah's Warcloud Miss Harriett
08
Nov
  • Ferris Allen
  • Justin Nixon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Sheilah's Warcloud
  • Thirty Eight Go Go S.

“Persnickety” Navani hunts stakes win in Thirty Eight Go Go

  • Press Release / 3 weeks
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Sheilah’s Warcloud is the morning line favorite in Sunday’s Thirty Eight Go Go at Laurel Park, while Navani seeks her first stakes win.

07
Jul
  • Ben Curtis
  • Colonial Downs
  • Ferris Allen
  • Frank Hopf
  • Kaitlin Free
  • Ken McPeek
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs hoping for “best meet yet”

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 35
  • 6 min read

With more days, bigger purses, and Maryland on hiatus, Colonial Downs, and its horsemen and jockeys, are hoping 2025 is its biggest meet yet.

Pimlico
13
Jan
  • Alan Foreman
  • Ferris Allen
  • Greg Cross
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus

Questions and (some) answers about Pimlico Plus

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 5
  • 10 min read

The Pimlico Plus plan recently unveiled by the Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority spurs plenty of questions. Here are some, and some of the answers.

V. I. P. Code
25
Apr
  • 1st Racing
  • Brooke Bowman
  • Craig Fravel
  • David Hayden
  • Ferris Allen
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Michael Algeo
  • Tim Keefe

MTHA, MJC reach 11th-hour deal on way forward on Laurel track surface

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 7
  • 5 min read

An 11th-hour deal between the Md. Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Md. Jockey Club provides a way forward for resolving safety concerns.

Mario Pino
19
Oct
  • Ferris Allen
  • Mario Pino
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Presque Isle Downs

Jockey Mario Pino and the pursuit of 7000 wins

  • Vinnie Perrone / 4 years
  • 5
  • 6 min read

Jockey Mario Pino is thisclose to 7,000 career wins. . So why does this pending metaphorical ribbon on a grand career feel like a slipknot?

Colonial Downs
10
Jul
  • Allison De Luca
  • Colonial Downs
  • Dallas Stewart
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jill Byrne
  • Michael Stidham
  • Virginia horse racing

Major barns headed to Colonial Downs

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

Lofty purses and the closure of Churchill Downs’s backside are among the factors leading a number of high-end trainers to Colonial Downs this summer.

23
Apr
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jerry Robb
  • Konrad Wayson
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Steve Koch
  • Tim Keefe

Md Racing Commission frustrated with Laurel track issues

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.

Analyze It
06
Sep
  • Alma North S.
  • Analyze It
  • Angel Cruz
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Deputed Testamony S.
  • Eastern Bay
  • Ferris Allen
  • Harpers First Ride
  • Joe Bravo
  • Michael Trombetta
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Never Enough Time
  • Polynesian S.
  • Red Bank S.
  • Twixt S.
  • Wicked Awesome

Bravo, Cruz star in Midlantic stakes

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

Joe Bravo won his seventh Monmouth Park stake of 2020, while Angel Cruz and Claudio Gonzalez hooked up for two Laurel stakes wins.

Jack Kousin
03
Sep
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jack Kousin
  • Maryland horse racing

Maryland trainer Jack Kousin passes

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

Jack Kousin, who took a 30-year detour from his successful training career before returning in 2018, passed away August 25.

Special Intention
24
Jul
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Ferris Allen
  • Karren Dennehy Godsey
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off to the Races

Off to the Races radio set for July 25

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Off to the Races Radio returns July 25 with a show featuring trainers Ferris Allen and Karen Godsey, handicapping with Derby Bill and more.

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