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29
Jan
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Paget Bennett

Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale inches up from ’16

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

Buybacks were up and the average, down, but the good news was that the gross at today’s Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale was up 2.7 percent from last year.

Fasig-Tipton
03
Oct
  • Andrew Motion
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • Larry Johnson
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Rick Abbott

Some hips to watch at Fasig-Tipton yearling sale

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Yearlings sale brings together some with leading sires and flashy pedigrees and some with more regional bloodlines. A few to watch.

Bodemeister filly
30
Sep
  • Andrew Motion
  • Bill Reightler
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • Larry Johnson
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Rick Abbott

Cautious optimism as Fasig-Tipton yearling sale nears

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale takes place Tuesday, and several market participants said they were cautiously hopeful about the event.

Mosler
10
Sep
  • Ben's Cat
  • King Leatherbury
  • Laurel Dash
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Mosler
  • Trevor McCarthy

Mosler posts Laurel Dash win; Ben’s Cat fifth

  • Press Release / 10 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Fan favorite Ben’s Cat couldn’t get it done today, finishing fifth behind Mosler in the Laurel Dash.

17
Oct
  • Bear Access
  • Jim Steele
  • Larry Murray
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Maryland Million 2015
  • Maryland Million Ladies
  • Mike Pons
  • My Sweet Nenana
  • Surf Light

Maryland Million Ladies: Bombs away!

  • Doug McCoy / 11 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

No race has been less kind to favorites than the Maryland Million Ladies, where longshots routinely prevail. We catch up to three of those outsiders.

20
May
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • Jamie Ness
  • Michael Trombetta
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Paget Bennett

Million-dollar horse spurs “great” Fasig-Tipton sale

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

The Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training sale which concluded yesterday showed across-the-board gains. Plus, breadowns of each of the mid-Atlantic states.

08
Oct
  • Cigar
  • Country Life Farm
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • Mike Pons

Hall of Famer Cigar passes

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

Cigar, the Maryland-bred colt whose 16-race win streak captivated the nation, has died at age 24.

14
Mar
  • Allen Paulson
  • Cigar
  • Ellen Pons
  • Maryland breeding
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • Mike Pons

Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Famers: Cigar

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

With the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame poised to announce its second class of inductees, we revisit interviews with connections from the first class.

27
Dec
  • Country Life Farm
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Josh Pons
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mike Pons
  • Orb

Favorite things: Orb’s Maryland story

  • The Biz / 13 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

Over the next couple of weeks, The Racing Biz will celebrate the holidays by sharing a few of our favorite things: pictures, articles, and videos from 2013.

11
Dec
  • Country Life Farm
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Kitten's Joy
  • Mike Pons
  • Mystic Love
  • Paget Bennett
  • Stuart Morris

In the end, a “good, solid market”

  • Frank Vespe / 13 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Monday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale enjoyed solid gains — so why did some participants seem so grouchy?

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  • 2
  • 3

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Charles Town announces changes to wagering.

02
Breaking Bylined Race Recap Racing Top Stories Virginia Virginia Racing

Colonial Capsule: Recapping the racing weekend

03
Breaking Business Bylined Feature Maryland MD Business Top Stories

State purchase of Laurel Park approved.

04
Breaking Bylined Feature Features Maryland MD Racing Racing Top Stories

Of bits and blinkers

05
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With Muad’dib retired, full brother Duncan.

06
Breaking Business Maryland MD Business Press release other Top Stories

Mandaloun filly wins MHBA yearling show

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