Kent Desormeaux Archives • The Racing Biz

Midlantic racing fertile ground for apprentice Eclipse Award

by Mike Valiante | Jan 6, 2023 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide | 2 |

More than a dozen riders based in the Mid-Atlantic have won the Eclipse Award as top apprentice, making it fertile ground, indeed.

Preakness Memories: The late-blooming Red Bullet

by Chelsea Lowman | Sep 28, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Our 2020 Preakness Memories series continues with Red Bullet, who was late to racing but just in time to spoil the Triple Crown hopes of Fusaichi Pegasus.

At Colonial, horsemen relish “putting on a show”

by Nick Hahn | Sep 10, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

On closing night at Colonial Downs, horsemen came from far and wide to take advantage of one last chance to put on a show.

Va-bred stakes highlight closing night at Colonial Downs

by Press Release | Sep 8, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

The Colonial Downs meet closed Saturday with five Virginia-bred races, including a rare visit by Kent Desormeaux to New Kent to win the Camptown.

Preakness Past: The disappearing Big Brown

by Chelsea Lowman | May 16, 2018 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 2008, when Big Brown “disappeared” from his Preakness rivals, much as his connections have disappeared from racing.

Preakness Past: Taking Real Quiet seriously

by Chelsea Lowman | May 14, 2018 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 1998, when even the trainer of Real Quiet didn’t take him seriously…