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Jan
Jan
Passings of 2025
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Frank Vespe / 1 week
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We remember some of the people whose passings we noted in 2025…
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Aug
Aug
CNL: Trombetta barn seeks second stakes sweep
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Press Release / 5 months
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A week after sweeping two juvenile stakes, trainer Mike Trombetta seeks to repeat with older runners Hollywood Walk and Determined Kingdom.
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Feb
Feb
“He loved this game”: Owner-breeder Larry Johnson passes
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Frank Vespe / 11 months
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Larry Johnson, who put his stamp on the Thoroughbred industry on racetracks and in boardrooms in Maryland and Virginia, passed away Feb. 4.
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Jan
Jan
What they said: Quotes from Laurel Park stakes winners
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Frank Vespe / 12 months
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We caught up with the connections of today’s four Laurel Park stakes. Here’s what they had to say.
18
Jan
Jan
Call Another Play bounces back to win Geisha
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Frank Vespe / 12 months
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In what could have been her last race, Call Another Play bounced back to win the Geisha Stakes and earn some more time on the track.
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Sep
Sep
Colonial: Trombetta, Johnson double up in Virginia stakes
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Press Release / 1 year
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Trainer Mike Trombetta and owner-breeder Larry Johnson teamed up to win two Virginia restricted stakes August 31 at Colonial Downs.
08
Jun
Jun
“My mind was blank”: Future Is Now… really
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Teresa Genaro / 2 years
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Maryland-bred Future Is Now scored an upset in the G2 Intercontinental at Saratoga, leaving her owner-breeder very happy, a little irritated, and hopeful.
06
Jun
Jun
“A great ride” as Mindframe could cap 40 years of breeding
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Frank Vespe / 2 years
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- 6 min read
Maryland-bred Mindframe’s short career so far makes him feel like an overnight success, but he’s the result of 40 years of work for breeder Larry Johnson.
20
Apr
Apr
Call Another Play rallies to Weber City Miss triumph
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Frank Vespe / 2 years
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Call Another Play rallied impressively to her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park, co-feature of five stakes.
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Jan
Jan
Stallion True Valour moves to Virginia
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Press Release / 2 years
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True Valour, entering his second year at stud, will move from Maryland and stand in 2024 at Virginia’s Legacy Farm, which has an open house scheduled.