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Midlantic Racing Today
12
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • David Bushey
  • General George H.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Today (podcast)
  • Midlantic Racing Today (podcast)
  • Xtra Heat

PODCAST: Maryland Racing Today, Feb. 12

  • The Biz / 3 days
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  • 1 min read

Our podcast maiden voyage launches today with Maryland Racing Today, featuring guests Kenny Taylor and David Bushey.

10
Feb
  • Avon Thorpe
  • Ben's Cat
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • King Leatherbury
  • Larry Murray
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, 92, passes

  • Frank Vespe / 5 days
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Hall of Fame trainer King T. Leatherbury, whose 6,508 wins rank fifth all time, has died at age 92.

14
Mar
  • John Salzman Sr.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Xtra Heat

Taylor: Xtra Heat “could change your life”

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 4
  • 7 min read

With the recent passing of Hall of Fame sprinter Xtra Heat, her co-owner Kenny Taylor remembers the joyride that was her stellar, surprising career.

10
Mar
  • Frank Carulli
  • John Salzman Sr.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Xtra Heat

Hall of Famer Xtra Heat dies at age 24

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

Xtra Heat, the bargain-basement rocket ship who earned more than 400 times her $5,000 purchase price in a Hall of Fame career, has died.

Wonder How
30
Apr
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Wonder How

Wonder How rolls for Taylor-Salzman team

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Wonder How took Maryland’s second baby race of the year this afternoon for owner Kenny Taylor and trainer John Salzman, Sr. – the team behind Xtra Heat.

07
Aug
  • Chris Antley
  • Glenn Lane
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • King Leatherbury
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Xtra Heat

Maryland-centric class enters Hall of Fame

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Trainer King Leatherbury and Maryland-based runner Xtra Heat headlined a Maryland-centric class that entered the Racing Hall of Fame today.

06
Aug
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • King Leatherbury
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Xtra Heat

Hall of Fame Week: Talking with two new Hall of Famers

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

With Hall of Fame inductions this week, we revisit our conversation with King Leatherbury and Kenny Taylor, co-owner of Xtra Heat.

05
Aug
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • John Salzman Sr.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Maryland horse racing
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Rick Wilson
  • Xtra Heat

Hall of Fame Week: Xtra Heat

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

With Hall of Fame inductions this week, we revisit the tale of inductee Xtra Heat, the speedy filly who went from $5,000 purchase to Eclipse champion.

24
Apr
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • John Salzman Sr.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Maryland horse racing
  • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  • Rick Wilson
  • Xtra Heat

Odds-defying Xtra Heat “a good story from the ground up”

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

How Xtra Heat went from ignored to beloved to an Eclipse winner to a Hall of Famer is, says trainer John Salzman, Sr., “a good story from the ground up.”

22
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • history
  • John Salzman Sr.
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • Rick Wilson
  • Xtra Heat

Today in Racing History: Xtra Heat

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Today in Racing History, Xtra Heat closed out her brilliant career with a win in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie, zipping through a dense fog to victory.

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