The news that Shared Belief would headline the Charles Town Classic underlined a positive new trend: high-end horses showing up in unexpected places.
In our latest QuickTake… why don’t the racing gods like Sheldon Russell?
At an age when most horses are on to their next careers, five 11-year-old mid-Atlantic runners added to their win totals in 2014.
NYRA’s response to recent breakdowns at Aqueduct won’t likely solve the problem – but does call attention to an unintended irony and, oddly, the Preakness.
In our latest QuickTake: in the space of four days, New York and mid-Atlantic tracks carded nine stakes for older horses. Wouldn’t cooperation work better?
In our latest QuickTake: as foal crops and races decline, the number of graded races continues to rise, both nationally and here in the mid-Atlantic.
QuickTake: The Maryland Jockey Club’s “big day” strategy appears to be gathering momentum.
QuickTake: We previewed the Breeders’ Cup by covering horses connected to the mid-Atlantic. How they ran made us wonder if we had a “cover jinx,” until…