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Monday Morning Qb may seek Withers score
Monday Morning Qb, winner of Laurel Park’s Heft Stakes in December, may hop the Derby trail in the Feb. 1 G3 Withers at Aqueduct.

Mean Bean springs Mint Mission stunner
With a perfect setup and a game effort, Mean Bean blew up the toteboard in winning Saturday’s Mint Mission Overnight Stakes at Charles Town Races.

Clubman tabbed as favored in Mint Mission Overnight Stk.
Clubman, owner of two stakes wins at bullring tracks, is the tepid morning line favorite in Saturday’s $35,000 Mint Mission at Charles Town Races.

Hamilton Smith earns 2,000th training victory
Trainer Hamilton Smith earned his 2,000th career win with — appropriately — a horse owned and bred by his brother and sired by his lone Derby runner.

Equibase to purchase timing assets of American Teletimer
Equibase will purchase all of the timing assets of American Teletimer Corp., putting the former in charge of timing at dozens of American racetracks.

Sharing, Justify babies, and #NeverEclipsed: The week in social media
Maryland-bred Sharing is an Eclipse finalist, Justify’s first foal, and a retired racehorse social media campaign, in the week in social media.

Jock Charlie Marquez earns first win
Making just the eighth start of his career, 16-year-old apprentice jockey Charlie Marquez earned his first win Thursday at Laurel Park.

Mid-Atlantic racing roundup, January 9, 2020
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Pinhook Diary: A lot of hope on a little colt
Chelsea Lowman long had a dream to pinhook a Thoroughbred, and in her monthly diary, which kicks off today, she’ll take us along for the experience.

Best of 2019: Interview with Ron Turcotte
Our Best of 2019 series revisits the content that our readers or editors loved most last year. Here, a couple of videos of jockeys’ first career victories.