In today’s RaceBrief, leading Pimlico rider Trevor McCarthy gets suspended, and Charles Town rider Victor Rodriguez gets off his mount — in mid-race.
The Maryland Racing Commission today signaled it would expand its void claim rule to include horses vanned off, likely in time for the fall meet.
Fred Tallarico worked as a Pimlico usher for 59 Preaknesses. This past Sunday at Pimlico was “Fred’s Day at the Races,” in the latest “Unsung Racing.”
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Kennesaw Mountain stuck his nose in front at the head of the lane and held off D C Dancer in a long duel to the wire, his third straight win, at Pimlico.
Today in Racing History, Dave’s Friend won his debut by a dozen lengths — the start of a career in which he won 35 times and earned over $1 million.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.
This week’s On Tap features the region’s best racing, plus the best region-breds in action elsewhere.
Pimlico will host the 2014 Xpressbet Anything Goes Handicap Tournament on April 26-27.
Wesley Ward’s Truth in the Lies broke well and went on to score in a maiden claiming event in the first 2 year-old race at Pimlico this year.