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18
Feb
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  • Dance to Bristol
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  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Susan Wantz
  • Xavier Perez

Happy return, excitement ahead for Bandbox, Perez

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

After Dance to Bristol was honored as top Maryland-based horse, her rider, Xavier Perez snapped a long slump — aboard a horse, Bandbox, with an even longer slump.

17
Feb
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  • Ilikecandy
  • Laurel Park
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  • Maryland Racing Media S.
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  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Palace
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  • Presidents' Day H.
  • Susan Wantz
  • Wardelle
  • West Virginia horse racing

On Tap: Stakes story lines

  • The Biz / 12 years
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A special Monday edition of On Tap, focusing on three stakes in the next two days.

14
Feb
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  • Charles Town Races
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  • Laurel Park
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  • Maryland horse racing
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  • Ollie Figgins III
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On Tap: Fritchie and friends

  • The Biz / 12 years
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Our weekly On Tap features the region’s best racing for the weekend to come.

08
Jan
  • Dance to Bristol
  • Eclipse Award
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  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Susan Wantz
  • Victor Carrasco

Victor Carrasco, Dance to Bristol among Eclipse finalists

  • The Biz / 12 years
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Red-hot Maryland-based apprentice Victor Carrasco and Bowie-based sprinting filly Dance to Bristol are among the Eclipse award finalists.

30
Dec
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  • Breeders' Cup
  • Clarissa Figgins
  • Dance to Bristol
  • Emilie Figgins
  • Gallant Bloom S.
  • Jason Figgins
  • Kelsie Figgins
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Ollie Figgins Jr.
  • Xavier Perez

Favorite things: Dance to Bristol and the Figgins family

  • The Biz / 12 years
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Our “Favorite things” series captures some of our — and your — favorite stories, pictures, and videos of 2013.

30
Dec
  • Dance to Bristol
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ollie Figgins III
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Xavier Perez

Favorite things: Dance to Bristol

  • The Biz / 12 years
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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.

21
Nov
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  • Breeders' Cup
  • Buck Woodson
  • Giovanni Boldini
  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Onion Juice
  • Phyllis Susini
  • War Front

West Virginia-bred Giovanni Boldini takes the overland route to success

  • Ted Black / 13 years
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  • 7 min read

Giovanni Boldini, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is based in Ireland because his breeder wanted him to run in West Virginia. The story gets odder from there.

19
Nov
  • Dance to Bristol
  • Eighttofasttocatch
  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Susan Wantz
  • Tim Keefe
  • Xavier Perez

With Dance to Bristol and Eighttofasttocatch, looking to the past, and the future

  • Frank Vespe / 13 years
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With a record tied and Dance to Bristol’s retirement honored, it was that kind of day at Laurel Park on Saturday; even while looking forward, the mind kept reaching back.

16
Nov
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  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Susan Wantz
  • Xavier Perez

Dance to Bristol heads to retirement in style

  • The Biz / 13 years
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Bowie-based Dance to Bristol headed off to the breeding shed in style, with a retirement ceremony at Laurel Park.

14
Nov
  • Dance to Bristol
  • Ollie Figgins III
  • Susan Wantz
  • Xavier Perez

From Bowie to Breeders’ Cup: Our Dance to Bristol series in capsule

  • The Biz / 13 years
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Starting following Dance to Bristol’s win in the Ballerina, The Racing Biz followed her every step of the way — from Bowie to Breeders’ Cup — in a weekly series.

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