Supporters of federal legislation that aims to improve horse racing's integrity and uniformity on medication rules reached a milestone June 22 when a Congressional subcommittee considered the legislation in Washington.
Lael Stable's Chalon moved into a tie for first in the filly and mare sprint-dirt division of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship series when she earned 10 points with her victory in the $75,000 Regret Stakes June 17 at Monmouth Park.
American Horse Publications recognized BloodHorse in 11 categories—including eight first-place awards—in announcing June 16 results of its equine media awards for material published in 2017 at its conference in Hunt Valley, Md.
Jockey Dana Whitney earned the 4,000th North American win of his career June 15 at Penn National with a frontrunning score aboard favored Vicksburg Bluffs in a five-furlong claiming turf sprint.
Journeyman rider Victor Carrasco, the champion apprentice of 2013 sidelined for the past nine months by injury, will launch his latest comeback with a pair of mounts on the 10-race program June 17 at Laurel Park.
Evenly matched fields have been drawn for two sprint stakes at Monmouth Park June 17 as the MATCH Series enters its second round in two of five divisions.
Gov. Phil Murphy officially launched sports betting in New Jersey June 14 at Monmouth Park when he placed $20 on Germany to capture the World Cup and a $20 future bet on the New Jersey Devils to win the 2019 Stanley Cup.
Donation supports New Bolton Center research projects.
Award gives posthumous recognition to Capps' dedication to the racing industry.
The governor plans to be at Monmouth June 14 to celebrate the addition by placing the first bet.
Joe Pierce Jr., a fixture in the Monmouth Park training ranks since the late 1960s, died Thursday, June 7, following a lengthy illness. He was 90 years old.
Should Justify complete the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes (G1) June 9 at Belmont Park, his connections will be the first to be presented with a new Triple Crown trophy.
Oak Bluffs, an 8-year-old New Jersey-bred gelding, became the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Series overall leader June 2 with a sharp victory in the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup.
The New York Post is reporting that New Jersey lawmakers are considering an updated bill that could allow sports wagering in the state as soon as June 9.
The New Jersey Horsemen's group that operates Monmouth Park is seeking $150 million in damages from sports leagues that blocked its efforts to add sports wagering since 2012.
When horseplayers arrive at Delaware Park on June 9 to wager on the live card and the simulcast of the Belmont Stakes (G1), they'll also be able to wager on single-game sports contests.
The 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award will go to the late Dale Baird, who came to the Upper Ohio Valley from Illinois and made it his home, training horses at what was then Waterford Park and would become Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.
With wins in three of his four starts this season, including a pair of graded stakes scores during that stretch, Maraud will try to continue that roll June 2 in the $500,000 Penn Mile Stakes (G2) at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.
Veteran Page McKenney opened the 3-year-old and older, long-dirt division of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship Series with a half-length victory in the $102,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) May 26 at Monmouth Park.
A severe thunderstorm forced the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel the final six races of a 10-race program at Pimlico Race Course on May 27.
In his seventh season of racing, Adam Staple and Jalin Stable's hard-hitting Page McKenney showed the same determination that has brought him back year after year.
After a change of scenery, a change of barns, and some thorough blood work, Divisidero will aim to use his old ways to launch his new, best self for 2018 when he makes his seasonal bow in the $200,000 Monmouth Stakes (G2T) May 26.
Grade 3 winner Sunny Ridge returns to Monmouth Park May 26 for the $100,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3), where the New Jersey-bred has fared well.
Thanks to fog blanketing Pimlico Race Course, there is a moment where Justify and Good Magic disappear from sight as they turn for home during NBC Sports' coverage of the Preakness Stakes (G1).
Long dirt division begins May 26 with Salvator Mile at Monmouth.
Veteran jockey Steve "Cowboy" Hamilton is indebted to his son, Wes, for helping him to make a comeback on the Maryland circuit after a 10-year absence from competition. Wes may someday owe much of his success to the tutelage of his father.
Similar to the most recent 2-year-olds training sale in Florida, a runner by Medaglia d'Oro stole the limelight at the tail end of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale in Maryland.
They saved the best for last May 22 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, when the sale-topping Medaglia d'Oro colt was purchased by Dennis O'Neill for $1.2 million.
A Union Rags colt from the consignment of Bobby Dodd, agent, was purchased for $925,000 by Michael Lund Petersen; the second highest price of the sale.
A Maclean's Music colt consigned as Hip 384 and previously named Better B Gud to Me, was purchased by Mike Ryan, agent, for $325,000 from the De Meric Sales consignment.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has added 11 new days to its 2018 live racing calendar following approval by the West Virginia Racing Commission at its May 22 meeting.
A More Than Ready colt that Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds had bought for $500,000 as a yearling was purchased by agent Ben McElroy for $750,000 to top the May 21 opener of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Consigned as Hip 246 by Paul Sharp, agent, the 2-year-old daughter of Bernardini brought one of the highest prices on the first day of the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale.
A colt from the first crop of Mucho Macho Man was purchased by Michael Lund Petersen for $625,000 late during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
Hip 146, a Maclean's Music colt consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales, brought $300,000 at the Fasig-Tipton sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Ben McElroy, agent, went to $750,000 to acquire a More Than Ready colt during the May 21 first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale.
A New York-bred daughter of Alpha, who had one of the more eventful eighth-mile workouts during the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale, was sold for $150,000 when she went through the ring.
Veteran sale consignor Randy Miles says he has never had a sale candidate attract the kind of attention that buyers are showering upon a Tapit colt scheduled to sell during the May 22 second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale.
With viewers perhaps sensing a special horse in undefeated Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Justify, overnight ratings for NBC's Preakness Stakes (G1) increased 12% compared with last year's broadcast.
The lure of seeing future racing prospects prep on a dirt track and the timing in conjunction with the Preakness Stakes (G1) are among the draws for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.
A fast Union Rags colt from the consignment of Bobby Dodd zipped an eighth-mile in :10 May 20, the fastest time at the distance during the three-day under tack show in preparation for the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale.
Regarding the 1 1/2-mile third leg of the Triple Crown, trainer Bob Baffert rolled out the standard horseman's mantra: If all goes well, Justify will run.
The only thing that will keep Pimlico Race Course in business as a racetrack is if the Preakness Stakes (G1) stays. But the only thing that will keep the Preakness at Pimlico is if the racetrack gets revamped by the Maryland Stadium Authority.
In an intense, white fog at Pimlico Race Course, Justify and Good Magic, the top two finishers in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), dueled for the second prize in the Triple Crown.
Alex Campbell Jr.'s homebred Ultra Brat unquestionably got a hold of the tiring, boggy turf course May 19 in the $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3T). The others? Not so much.
Mitole earned his fourth career victory in what has become his trademark blowout fashion, when he headed every point of call of his 6 1/4-length cakewalk in the $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
The connections of Fire Away were looking forward to running in the $250,000 Dixie Stakes (G3T) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course even before champion male turf horse World Approval scratched in rainy Baltimore.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' homebred Tap Daddy went gate-to-wire for a commanding 6 1/2-length victory in the off-the-turf James W. Murphy Stakes on the Preakness Stakes (G1) undercard May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
Fasig-Tipton has announced that the third and final under tack workout session in preparation for the Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET May 20.
For the first time, Ocala, Fla.,-based horseman Tom McCrocklin has sent a group to Timonium, Md., for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds that takes place May 21-22.
