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Rider Samantha Colvin aims to take different path to the winner’s circle
Jockey Samantha Colvin has been a runner and a swimmer, a student and a soldier. Now she’s aiming to become a successful jockey. She’s taken an unusual path, but she hopes it leads where she wants to go.
MJC bids farewell to Frank Carulli
Frank Carulli’s 11-year stint as the Maryland Jockey Club’s linemaker and on-air handicapper came to an end on Saturday, with plenty of stories and gifts.
‘Capping the Belmont
Ted Black scopes out the all-stakes Pick Three ending with the Belmont. Who’ll get the money? Find out!
Frank Carulli knows his sources
Linemaker and on-air handicapper Frank Carulli’s leaving with laughter as he heads for Las Vegas after a dozen years at Laurel and Pimlico.
Petty on VTA decision: “I’m bewildered”
In the wake of his termination on Monday, Glenn Petty spoke candidly with Nick Hahn of The Racing Biz about the decision itself and the process that led to it.
Petty out as Virginia Thoroughbred Association director, sources say
Longtime Virginia Thoroughbred Association executive director Glenn Petty was ousted on Monday in a move that caught many, including Petty, by surprise, sources have said.
Hahn’s Turf 10 for June 6
Fresh off a victory in the Penn Mile, Rydilluc now stands atop Nick Hahn’s Turf 10, but others may have something to say in longer races like next month’s Virginia Derby.
“Something in his eyes” leads to lifetime commitment to retired Thoroughbred
Michael and Lynn Horvath knew you shouldn’t fall in love with a racehorse. But they did it anyway — to their own and the now-retired Thoroughbred’s great benefit.
“You ever thought about being a jockey? I said nope…”
Jockey Ryan Fogelsonger has ridden paupers and princes (and princesses) on the Maryland racing scene, and in this interview he talks about how he started and why he’s not quite willing to give up the game, despite a laundry list of injuries.
Once almost a movie star, retired Thoroughbred learns a new trade
Rock N’ Bid nearly played Secretariat on the big screen. These days, says his former owner, the retired Thoroughbred is a star of a different sort.
