Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic picked up this week, but the Midlantic Claiming 7 trainer list was largely similar, in our Claimbox report.
Maryland has long been friendly to apprentice jockeys, and four of them are making a splash at this fall’s Laurel Park meet.
Orb, Oxbow, and Verrazano — three of racing’s biggest stars this year — are all now retired. That’s because of a business model with misaligned incentives.
Dance to Bristol finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, but her connections are still quick to call her “a dream come true.”
Midlantic handle jumped with big crowds drawn by the Breeders’ Cup, but the numbers still trailed those of 2012, in our HandleTrak report.
For racing fans, the Breeders’ Cup provided plenty of annoyances. And then the gates opened.
In our weekly LookBack, we circle back on some recent top stories to see what happened next, plus some other news and notes.
Last month, we hosted what Derby Bill Watson called the Grade 1 Racing Biz Invitational, Degenerates Only, and a ding-dong battle ended with Ted Black just holding off the late charge of Derby Bill. Today, we’re back with a Breeders’ Cup-flavored version.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.
Front runners stalked, West Virginia-breds turfed, and favorites faltered in an odd Breeders’ Cup Friday for Midlantic-bred horses.
Hard-hitting Super Chunky rallied to take Friday’s allowance feature at Laurel Park.
In this week’s On Tap, we turn our attention to Santa Anita, where seven Midlantic-breds will try to take the racing world by storm in the Breeders’ Cup.
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