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Belinda Stronach
26
May
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Stronach Group

A few minutes with… Belinda Stronach

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Just before the Preakness, we visited with Belinda Stronach to get her take on the future of horseracing, and Maryland’s place in it.

Fasig-Tipton
25
May
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett
  • Pete Denk
  • Woodberry Payne

Analysis: Fasig-Tipton sale enjoys day two recovery

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Why’d Fasig-Tipton’s two-year-old sale rally strongly in the second day? Observers offered their thoughts, plus the ongoing concerns with the middle and lower market.

Fasig-Tipton sale
23
May
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

First day of Fasig-Tipton sale sees declines

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The first day of the two-day Fasig-Tipton two-year-old sale saw declines versus the prior year.

Hip 371
22
May
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • Kip Elser
  • Kirkwood Stables
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton 2yo sale carries hopes for momentum

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

The growing sense of momentum in Maryland and throughout the mid-Atlantic may bolster this week’s Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old sale, market participants said.

Exaggerator
21
May
  • Doug O'Neill
  • Exaggerator
  • Keith Desormeaux
  • Kent Desormeaux
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Nyquist
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Exaggerator takes Desormeaux brothers home, and to new heights

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

On a cool, rainy, and topsy-turvy day at Pimlico, Exaggerator upset the Preakness Stakes and spoiled Nyquist’s Triple Crown bid.

19
May
  • Kathy Ritvo
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Parx Racing
  • Tim Ritvo

Tim Ritvo’s 10 percent solution

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

Want to understand Tim Ritvo’s approach to running the Maryland Jockey Club? It makes sense to look back to his training days for a guide.

18
May
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Nyquist odds-on, breaking from post three in Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist was installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite and will break from post three in the Preakness.

William Backer
17
May
  • Virginia horse racing
  • William Backer

Owner-breeder William Backer passes

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 1
  • 3 min read

William Backer, the superstar advertising executive who was a longtime fixture in Virginia Thoroughbred breeding, has died at age 89.

Nyquist.
17
May
  • Doug O'Neill
  • Kerry Thomas
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Nyquist
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Nyquist: “Greatness” in a plain brown wrapper

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 4
  • 6 min read

At a glance, Nyquist is eminently forgettable. But his calmness, presence, and ability to influence his surroundings mark him as something else altogether,

Nyquist.
16
May
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Preakness
  • Scott Wykoff

Preakness Moments: Scott Wykoff

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

WBAL Radio reporter Scott Wykoff joins us on our first Preakness Moments podcast, in which we remember Preaknesses past and look ahead to Saturday’s big race.

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