Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy
Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 15, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 12, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
The racing gods smiled on Colonial Downs Arlington Million day: The Secretariat statue and a Tweedy were there, and a Va-bred won the G2 Secretariat Stakes.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jun 11, 2023 | Breaking, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
Arcangelo scored in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, making trainer Jena Antonucci the first woman to train a horse to a Triple Crown race victory.
Read MoreSpecial Reserve, a $40,000 claim three races back, paid major dividends in winning the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
Read MoreIn a three-way thriller, Red Ghost managed to get her nose down on the wire to win the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | May 22, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
What we cheered — and what we jeered — during Preakness weekend at Pimlico.
Read Moreby Gary Quill | May 18, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |
Lexitonian rallied to win the G3 Chick Lang Stakes at Pimlico Saturday.
Read Moreby Gary Quill | May 17, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |
Covfefe shattered the Pimlico track record for six furlongs in winning the G3 Miss Preakness today.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jul 30, 2017 | Breaking, New Jersey, NJ Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |
Miss Temple City, one of the top distaff turfers of 2016, could manage no better than third in today’s G3 Matchmaker at Monmouth Park.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | May 20, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
On a weekend in which the fate of Pimlico almost overshadowed the Preakness itself, Cloud Computing ran down Classic Empire on the money to win the middle jewel.
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