In Maryland, progress and a complicated future
Maryland’s Throughbred industry has made real strides in recent years. But the coming years pose complicated challenges of their own.
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Author: Frank Vespe
For Trevor McCarthy, “just another race to win”
Jockey Trevor McCarthy will turn 21 on Saturday and ride in his first Preakness. It’s heady stuff, but he’s keeping his feet on the ground.
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Odds-defying Xtra Heat “a good story from the ground up”
How Xtra Heat went from ignored to beloved to an Eclipse winner to a Hall of Famer is, says trainer John Salzman, Sr., “a good story from the ground up.”
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Leatherbury: “His name ain’t King for nothing”
King Leatherbury has earned the admiration of the mid-Atlantic racing community, won 6,400 races, and done it with modest stock. Next stop: the Hall of Fame.
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Maryland Racing Commission to undertake medication “self-assessment”
The Maryland Racing Commission will review the medication policies it has put in place in the last 18 months as part of the national uniform medication program.
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