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18
Mar
  • Laurel Park
  • Mary Eppler
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Page McKenney

Page McKenney among runners bested by weather

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
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  • 4 min read

Page McKenney – and a bevy of other hopefuls – found their training compromised by the weather and will miss today’s Laurel Park stakes.

16
Mar
  • Colonial Downs
  • Debbie Easter
  • Morven Park
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

With effort to build track at Morven Park over, Virginia racing interests regroup

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
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  • 7 min read

Nearly two years after identifying Morven Park as the right spot for a Thoroughbred track, Virginia racing interests have pulled the plug and must reassess.

No Mo Dough
14
Mar
  • Adrian Rolls
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • No Mo Dough

No Mo Dough one mo runner for Motion barn

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

No Mo Dough won at first asking Sunday and may be yet another talented young runner from the Graham Motion barn.

11
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Jose Montano
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town jockeys: Alternate stats

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

Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you’d expect – and others flying under the radar.

09
Mar
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Jockeys: Alternate stats

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Which Laurel Park jockey is having the best year so far? The answer, according to our new metric, might surprise you.

07
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • handle
  • Laurel Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Parx Racing
  • Penn National

A flat February for Midlantic handle

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

February’s Midlantic average handle was basically flat versus the prior month; Laurel Park led with an average over $2.1 million, while Parx’s increase of 9 percent was tops.

Be Counted
06
Mar
  • Claiming
  • Kieron Magee
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Change in Laurel allowance good news for $20k claimers

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

The decision to make Laurel Park first allowances optional claimers is good news for newly eligible claiming horses – but may post trouble for everyone else.

Carlos Carrasco
04
Mar
  • Carlos Carrasco
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Victor Carrasco

Two starts, two wins for bug Carlos Carrasco

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

Bug rider Carlos Carrasco, the younger brother of Victor Carrasco, scored on the first two mounts of his career today at Laurel Park.

03
Mar
  • Jamie Ness
  • Juan Vazquez
  • Kieron Magee
  • Mark Reid
  • Mary Eppler
  • Michael Pino
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Patricia Farro
  • Scott Lake

Claimbox: Claiming up in February

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

January claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was up 40 percent versus the prior year, aided by an additional track being open.

Pimlico
01
Mar
  • Gov. Larry Hogan
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Gov. Hogan: No $300 million check for Pimlico

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan acknowledged in an interview the importance of the Preakness – but he made clear that no $300 million check for Pimlico is forthcoming.

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