Super Accelerate looks to rev up big effort in Hilton Memorial
It took Super Accelerate six tries to break his maiden, but the Maryland-bred will enter Friday’s Hilton Memorial at Charles Town on a 3-race heater.
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Tag: Robin Graham
Plan ahead and plenty of water: riders, trainers beat the heat
Some tracks canceled Saturday, but the show went on at Laurel Park, and trainers and riders told us how they beat the heat.
Read More Laurel: Small barns come up big in Md-bred stakes
In two stakes for Maryland-breds Saturday at Laurel Park, Robin Graham and Marya Montoya, who had combined for just eight wins this year, came up big.
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Locals set for big swing in Pimlico Special
Though a Grade 3, the Pimlico Special’s gaudy history makes it a major race, and several local trainers are set to try their luck.
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Nellie Morse, John B. Campbell quick hits
Saturday’s Laurel Park card also features two route stakes for older horses, the Nellie Morse and John B. Campbell. Our previews in quick hits.
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Md. Racing Commission pumps brakes on “house rules”
The Maryland Racing Commission Thursday announced a delay in implementation of its “house rules” to provide more time for public input.
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2016 in review: Of controversies, freaks, and madmen
Part 1 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.
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Trainer Robin Graham hoping for big Black-Eyed Susan day
Robin Graham, a longtime fixture on the Laurel Park backside, will send two runners postward in Friday’s stakes races.
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Fritchie winner Lady Sabelia injured, retired
Lady Sabelia, the speedy mare who won the 2015 G2 Barbara Fritchie Handicap, suffered a fractured sesamoid Sunday morning and will be retired.
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Karamanos thriving with top mounts
Horacio Karamanos has won nearly 1900 races and these days is thriving as the rider for two of the top Maryland-based runners, Page McKenney and Lady Sabelia.
Read More Lady Sabelia prevails in Primonetta Stakes
Lady Sabelia wore down rival Disco Chick to take today’s $75,000 Primonetta Stakes at Laurel Park.
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Lady Sabelia returns in Primonetta Stakes
Grade 2 winner Lady Sabelia — third last out in the G2 Barbara Fritchie — will tackle seven rivals in the Primonetta Saturday at Laurel Park.
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