Trainer Jorge Duarte, who took over the Colts Neck Stables operation at the very end of 2018, is battling coronavirus, he revealed this week.
In the face of the coronavirus emergency, which has shut down all of the tracks in the Mid-Atlantic, Off to the Races radio will take a two-week break.
The coronavirus emergency continues to take a toll on the racing world, plus stars in West Virginia and the Floriday Derby, in the week in social media.
Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, NJ-bred Kentucky Derby winner and his owner, Isabel Dodge Sloane.
Saturday’s Off to the Races Radio will feature VTA president Debbie Easter and Laurel Park-based trainer Ferris Allen.
With coronavirus, and lots more, it’s been a crazy week, in the week in social media.
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic 2-year-old sale, the region’s marquee sale, will be two sales this year, one in May a bit later than planned, the second in June.
In this month’s On Breeding… Flashy first-out winner Fortheluvofbourbon is just three – but she’s the latest in a line stretching back generations.
Saturday’s Off to the Races Radio will trainer Mark Casse, an outpsoken supporter of this week’s indictments of 27 on horse doping charges.