In our latest Spa Diary: bug riders can no longer ride steeplechase races at the Spa. Why? It’s nobody’s fault, but…
For Keri Brion, assistant to trainer Jonathan Sheppard, her Saratoga bow as a rider didn’t go as planned when she was thrown in a jumps race, but only her ego was bruised, she said.
Pimlico stable manager Terry Overmeier has one huge job and not much time to complete it: managing the arrival and departure of 300 ship-in horses.
Gaston Grant and Isabelle de Tomaso couldn’t be more dissimilar. But their stories, and those of their star horses, Green Gratto and Irish War Cry, merged Saturday.
Trainers Mary Eppler and Lacey Gaudet come from different generations and backgrounds. But, lives linked, both find themselves in the spotlight now.
Longtime assistant starter Dominic Garibaldi has fought off cancer and a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Now he’s finding his way back to the game he loves.
Regional tracks and horsemen’s groups are trying to make backstretch workers’ holidays a little brighter. Here’s what they’re doing, and how you can help.
Trainer Barclay Tagg, who began his career “with a rope shank and a borrowed horse” at Pimlico, returned to Maryland today to win the Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel Park.
Dancing Rags is the lone Maryland-bred in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, and the first Grade 1 winner for her breeder, David DiPietro.
The first Maryland Million win was a long time coming for Fred and Mary Agnes Lewis and trainer Carlos Mancilla — but it was worth the wait.