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Favorite things: Dance to Bristol and the Figgins family

by The Biz | Dec 30, 2013 | Audio, Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Our “Favorite things” series captures some of our — and your — favorite stories, pictures, and videos of 2013.

Dance to Bristol’s success is a Figgins family affair

by Ted Black | Oct 3, 2013 | Audio, Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

“My whole family has been involved” in his training career says Ollie Figgins, III. That makes Dance to Bristol’s meteoric rise something of a family affair.

Doing their best by Dance to Bristol has put the Wantzes on the edge of Eclipse

by Ted Black | Sep 27, 2013 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Susan and David Wantz treat all their horses like “our children,” they say. One of those kids — Dance to Bristol — looks to be an honors student.

Xavier Perez, saving room for another “big horse”

by Ted Black | Sep 20, 2013 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 2 |

Rider Xavier Perez has a tattoo in honor of what he calls “my big horse.” That it’s not of Grade 1 winner Dance to Bristol points out what’s enabling him to succeed.