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Red Ghost
14
May
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Javier Castellano
  • John Velazquez
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miss Preakness S.
  • Pimlico
  • Red Ghost

Red Ghost rises to Miss Preakness win

  • Nick Hahn / 5 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

In 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.

Medina Spirit
01
May
  • Bob Baffert
  • Churchill Downs
  • John Velazquez
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Medina Spirit
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Medina Spirit upsets Kentucky Derby

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

It wasn’t going to be Bob Baffert’s year, but yet again it was as his trainee Medina Spirit scored a front-running upset in the Kentucky Derby.

11
Jan
  • 10 stories that mattered 2020
  • 1st Racing
  • Eric Guillot
  • John Velazquez
  • Kendrick Carmouche
  • Maryland My Maryland
  • My Old Kentucky Home
  • NYRA

10 stories that mattered: Race and racing

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

In today’s “10 stories that mattered,” the issues of race with which the nation has struggled came to horse racing.

10
Nov
  • Jockeys Guild
  • Joe Bravo
  • John Velazquez
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • New Jersey Racing Commission

Jockeys’ Guild to appeal NJ crop rule

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

The Jockeys’ Guild will seek to overturn a new New Jersey rule which prohibits the use of the riding crop except for safety purposes.

Authentic
07
Nov
  • Authentic
  • Bob Baffert
  • Breeders' Cup
  • breeders' cup classic
  • John Velazquez

Breeders’ Cup: Authentic runs true in Classic

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

Kentucky Derby winner Authentic dominated the Breeders’ Cup Classic to cap a successful day – and tumultuous period – for trainer Bob Baffert.

Authentic
03
Oct
  • Authentic
  • Bodexpress
  • John Velazquez
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

For John Velazquez, an Authentic chance at first Preakness

  • Nick Hahn / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Jockey John Velazquez is 0-for-9 in the Preakness and last year got dumped leaving the gate. Now, with Authentic, he’s got a shot to break his maiden.

Yaupon
01
Oct
  • A Great Time
  • Jim McKay Turf Sprint
  • John Velazquez
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • The Very One S.
  • Yaupon

Undefeated Yaupon dominates G3 Chick Lang

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

Yaupon ran his record to a four-for-four with a dominant front-end score in the Grade 3 Chick Lang Stakes to top the Preakness Thursday card at Pimlico.

23
Jun
  • Alicia Hughes
  • Barry Spears
  • John Velazquez
  • Kendrick Carmouche
  • NYRA
  • Stronach Group
  • Woodbine

In racing, “Where is the conversation about race?”

  • Teresa Genaro / 6 years
  • 3
  • 7 min read

The protests after the killing of George Floyd led racing organizations to issue statements – but many wonder where people of color are in the conversation.

20
Nov
  • Jockeys Guild
  • John Velazquez
  • Terry Meyocks

Jockeys to support pancreatic cancer awareness

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Under auspices of the Jockeys’ Guild, jockeys nationwide will support World Pancreatic Cancer Day November 21 by wearing purple armbands.

Prince Lucky
30
Mar
  • Daniel McConnell
  • Gulfstream Park
  • Gulfstream Park Mile
  • John McConnell
  • John Velazquez
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Prince Lucky
  • Todd Pletcher

McConnell family riding wave with aptly named Prince Lucky

  • Teresa Genaro / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Daniel McConnell and his son John bred only one mare in 2014, but that mare’s offspring, Prince Lucky, continues to live up to his name with a three-race win steak, all in stakes company.

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