Tim Capps Honored with AHC Van Ness Award
Award gives posthumous recognition to Capps' dedication to the racing industry.
Keyword: Maryland
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Medaglia d'Oro Tops Midlantic Sire Rankings by Average
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.
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Overnight Ratings Spike 12% for NBC Preakness Broadcast
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.
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Fire Away Takes Rail to Victory in Off-Turf Dixie
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.
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Irish War Cry Rewards Patience With Pimlico Special Win
On a rainy day at Pimlico Race Course, a year removed from the Triple Crown campaign that resulted in a runner-up finish in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), Irish War Cry came through in the $300,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3).
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Brisk Activity at Fasig-Tipton Sale Grounds
It was business as usual at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale grounds the morning of May 18, a day after the final under tack workouts in preparation for next week's 2-year-old sale were rescheduled due to track conditions.
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Robinson Expects Big Effort from Cambodia in Gallorette
Cambodia, a 6-year-old homebred by War Front, won the Gallorette last year by two lengths. The victory launched a strong campaign that saw her win a pair of grade 2 races followed by a third in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T).
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World Approval Chases Return to Form in Dixie Stakes
Trainer Mark Casse said Live Oak Plantation's 6-year-old Northern Afleet gelding, who won the 1 1/16-mile Dixie on good going last year, isn't bothered by a rain-softened course.
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Maryland Horse Industry Adds $1.3 Billion to Economy
The report found the horse industry total employment impact is more than 21,000 jobs, including a more than $500 million impact from the horse racing sector alone.
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Quip Confirmed for Preakness Run
WinStar Farm president and CEO Elliott Walden said May 8 that Quip is officially headed to the Preakness Stakes (G1) for a clash with Kentucky Derby winner Justify, who is also co-owned by WinStar.
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Spectacular Bid's Initial Rider Franklin Dies at 58
Ron Franklin, the Baltimore kid who nearly won the Triple Crown aboard Spectacular Bid before his riding career went off the rails, died March 7, The Baltimore Sun reports. He was 58 and had been battling lung cancer.
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Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional: Hope and History
“I think we have just fantastic soil around here,” Louis Merryman said as a chilly wind whipped off the Susquehanna River near the town of Port Deposit, Maryland.
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'Gutsy' Highway Star Set for Barbara Fritchie
Highway Star has been assigned as the 124-pound highweight, and was given the outside post in a field of 11 older fillies and mares for the Barbara Fitchie, facing a tough task off the layoff in her 5-year-old debut against some sharp rivals.
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Inaugural Renaissance Awards Honor Maryland Champions
New program honored the best of 2017 at the Sagamore Pendry Feb. 12
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What's Going On Here: Rock On
'Letters from Rockland Farm' adds perspective to BloodHorse.
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High Winds Force Laurel Park to Cancel Six Races
Laurel returns with a nine-race program Saturday, Feb. 3.
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Divining Rod to Stand at Country Life Farm in Maryland
Divining Rod, a 5-year-old graded-stakes-winning son of Tapit, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Md. He will stand for $5,000, live foal guarantee.
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Crane to Sell Horses Owned by Friend, Business Partner
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December sale will be an emotional one for Pennsylvania horseman Clovis Crane, who is selling 14 supplemented horses of racing age for his friend and partner Dr. Harry Weisleder, who died suddenly in November.
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Kobe's Back Arrives at Bonita Farm
Kobe's Back, a multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire sprinter and the first son of Flatter to stand in the Mid-Atlantic region, has arrived at Bonita Farm near Darlington, Md., to stand for the 2018 season.
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Dortmund Retired, Will Stand at Bonita Farm in Maryland
Grade 1 winner Dortmund has been retired from racing "for good" and will stand at Bonita Farm in Darlington, Md., for the 2018 breeding season, owner Kaleem Shah said Oct. 20.
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Hunters Bay Gets First Winner at Delaware Park
Hunters Bay, a multiple graded stakes-winner and grade 1-placed son of Ghostzapper, got his first winner Oct. 19 when Bay of Cats broke her maiden in a 5 1/2 furlong waiver maiden claiming race at Delaware Park.
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What's Going On Here: The Homecoming
Walter May has developed a one-man show around Joe Palmer's This Was Racing. He took his show Oct. 13 to the Pons family’s Country Life Farm.
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Tepin Half Brother Entering Stud at Bonita Farm
Alliance, an unraced son of Harlan's Holiday and a half brother to two-time champion grass mare Tepin and millionaire Vyjack, has arrived at Bonita Farm near Darlington, Md., to stand his first season in 2018.
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Holy Boss to Enter Stud at Anchor & Hope in Maryland
Holy Boss, the winner of the 2015 Amsterdam Stakes (G2), and who is a half brother to Queen's Plate winner Holy Helena, will enter stud at owner Louis Merryman's Anchor & Hope Farm in Maryland.
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Frank Stronach to Put Adena Springs Up for Sale
Frank Stronach announced Oct. 4 he will be putting his Adena Springs property near Paris, Ky., up for sale.
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Growth Leads Maryland Breeders to Part Ways
The rapid growth of Thoroughbred breeding in Maryland has forced the partners backing the Heritage Stallions operation to part ways and focus on their own farms.
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Yearling Sale Season Continues With Midlantic Sale
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md., begins with an Oct. 2 session starting at 4 p.m. ET and continues to 10 a.m. the following day.
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Laurel Park Handle Continues to Climb
For the third consecutive year and eighth consecutive meet, Laurel Park registered an increase in average daily handle during its recently-completed summer meet.
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F-T Midlantic Yearling Sale Expanded to Two Days
Fasig-Tipton has expanded its Midlantic fall yearling sale to two days as a result of a high volume of entries.
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Ben's Cat to be Buried at Laurel Park
Ashes will be buried Nov. 11 during a celebration of the champion's life.
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Awesome Banner Posts Bullet Ahead of Vanderbilt
Awesome Banner had his final breeze, before shipping to Saratoga Race Course for the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1).
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After 26 Stakes Wins, Fan Favorite Ben's Cat Retired
For King Leatherbury, the final stakes win of Ben's Cat will always be the memory that's front and center; the day Ben's Cat seemingly did the impossible.
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Malibu Moon Hits Black-Type Century Mark
Spendthrift Farm's Malibu Moon reached an important milestone June 17 when his 3-year-old daughter Shimmering Aspen became his 100th black-type stakes winner worldwide.
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First Starter Gets It Done for Freshman Sire El Padrino
Pennsylvania freshman sire El Padrino's first starter became his first winner June 8 at Delaware Park, where longshot Whereshetoldmetogo rallied in the stretch to win by 2 1/2 lengths.
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Preakness Sets Handle, Attendance Records
Attendance for the Preakness, won by Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Cloud Computing, was 140,327, eclipsing last year's record of 135,256.
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Whitmore Impresses in Maryland Sprint
Whitmore added the latest feather to his cap May 20 at Pimlico Race Course, where he ran down multiple grade 1 winner A. P. Indian to take the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3).
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Top Turf Sires to Watch at Pimlico
Four sires who have progeny entered in one of the seven turf races carded at Pimlico Race Course May 20 have already been represented by two other turf stakes winners at the Baltimore track.
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Actress Announces Presence in Black-Eyed Susan
Actress, a homebred Tapit filly raced by Gary and Mary West, came flying from far back to break her maiden in the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-old fillies by a head.
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Shaman Ghost Shines for Stronach in Pimlico Special
Homebred grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost took his skills to Maryland and gave owner Frank Stronach a thrill on the state's biggest racing weekend.
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Empire Maker, Distorted Humor Progeny Thrive at Pimlico
Bodemeister's first starters at Pimlico this weekend
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Pletcher Continues to Do Lukas Proud
Thanks in part to the lessons instilled by his former boss, trainer Todd Pletcher is nothing if not his own man now, with the enviable problem of constantly trying to kick his own bar of success to ever higher levels.
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Always Dreaming Draws Post 4 in Preakness
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Always Dreaming was assigned post 4 and installed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite May 17 at the post position draw for the May 20 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.
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LARC Continues Commitment to Racing in Sir Barton
The Latin American Racing Channel (LARC) renews commitment to sponsor the Sir Barton Stakes on the undercard of Preakness 142 May 20. They will also donate money to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
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Lookin At Lee Leads May 16 Preakness Arrivals
Three vans transporting five candidates for the May 20 Preakness Stakes (G1) arrived at Pimlico Race Course within minutes of each other the afternoon of May 16.
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Irish War Cry Solid in Final Pre-Derby Work
Isabelle de Tomaso's homebred Irish War Cry put in his final work for the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) April 30 at Fair Hill Training Center near Elkton, Md., clocking six furlongs in 1:13 1/5 on trainer Graham Motion's watch.
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Fasig-Tipton Catalogs 575 for Midlantic Sale
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 575 entries for its Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale to be held May 22-23 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.
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Voss, Good Night Shirt Elected to Hall of Fame
The late trainer Thomas H. Voss and two-time Eclipse Award-winning champion steeplechase horse Good Night Shirt have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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Winter Storm Racetrack and OTB Closings
NYRA closes simulcasting at Aqueduct and Belmont Cafe. Laurel Park closes OTBs at Timonium, Perryville, and Boonesboro. Live racing at both tracks resumes Friday, March 17.
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Mid-Atlantic Regional: Big Rebound in Maryland
Maryland, My Maryland" is the title of Maryland's state song, and for nearly 300 years the state has been home to the racing and breeding of the Thoroughbred.
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Cathryn Sophia Named Maryland-Bred Horse of the Year
Cash is King's grade I winner was also named champion 3-year-old and champion sprinter for 2016.
