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Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale by the numbers
The Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale is December 5, and we break it down by the numbers.

Charles Town sets 2018 sked for first quarter
Charles Town Races will race on a four-day-per-week schedule in 2018 through April 21; the remainder of the racing calendar will be set later.

Moon Virginia takes Laurel feature with late surge
Moon Virginia won today at Laurel Park to give trainer Hamilton Smith his second feature-race victory in as many days and jockey Sheldon Russell his sixth of the weekend.

Fanniebellefleming fights to upset Freyer victory
Fanniebellefleming scored 10-1 upset in the Donna Freyer Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park, one of two longshots to win South Carolina residency races.

Gaudet, Wolfendale: Marylanders break NY glass ceiling
A pair of Marylanders, Gabby Gaudet and Maggie Wolfendale, have become staples on New York racing broadcasts — despite the challenges of life in the big city.

El Padrino, promising regional sire, euthanized after colic bouts
Promising eight-year-old sire El Padrino was euthanized this week after a series of bouts with colic and subsequent surgeries.

Laurel Park card spiced by SC residency races
Laurel Park will for the first time Saturday host a pair of stakes races restricted to horses who spent time in South Carolina; the races previously were run at Parx.

Laurel Park Racing Notebook, Fall Meet Vol. 5
Our weekly Laurel Park Racing Notebook includes horses to watch, headlines from the weekend, and hot jocks and trainers.

Charles Town hopes to “grab 100 percent” of Thanksgiving night betting
Charles Town for the first time is racing Thanksgiving night — the only North American Thoroughbred track to do so — and hopes for a big wagering night.

For Jeff Runco, thoughts of his sons never far away
Trainer Jeff Runco doesn’t have to look far to be reminded of his sons. Many of his best horses were named in their honor.