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Intrepid Daydream named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year
Three-time stakes winner Intrepid Daydream earned Maryland-bred Horse of the Year laurels to head the Renaissance Awards announced this week.
Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation announces funding
The Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation announced nearly $2.5 million in 2024 funding for a variety of research into equine health and well-being.
Delaware Park cancels June 30 card
Delaware Park will cancel its June 30 card, the track said, in the face of a punishing heat wave.
Remembrance: Rich Glazier
Rich Glazier, longtime paddock host at Delaware Park, passed away Tuesday, and our Frank Vespe remembers the man who was Mr. Delaware Park.
Pimlico to “pause” turf racing
The Maryland Jockey Club will “pause” turf racing at Pimlico this weekend to permit the company to do “enhanced maintenance” on the course.
Justify reigns supreme in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls
Triple Crown winner Justify stands astride the racing world, now rated the top in the two NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls.
Totally Thoroughbred show pushed back to October
The Totally Thoroughbred horse show, originally scheduled for July 7, will now take place at Pimlico October 7, delayed as a result of heavy rains in recent weeks.
Final facts and figs from the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old sale
How’d Midlantic-breds do at last week’s Fasig-Tipton sale? Which stallions thrived? Who purchased the most expensive horses? The answers to these and other questions…
Justify, West Coast lead NTRA polls
Dual-Classic winner Justify heads the top sophomore poll, while West Coast remains the leader among all horses, in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls.
Delaware Park: Sports betting coming soon
The 2018 live racing meet at Delaware Park will be the first conducted with full sports betting legalized, the track expecting to start taking bets in June.
Colonial Downs: Packed town hall welcomes rebirth of track
An overflow crowd at a New Kent County town hall meeting largely welcomed the return of Colonial Downs, while casting a wary eye at a proposed Indian casino.
New York election riles Mid-Atlantic horsemen
The contentious battle for the presidency of New York’s horsemen’s group is now causing similar discord among mid-Atlantic horsemen.
QuickTake: Colonial Downs, Gold Cup, and the future of racing
The crowd at Colonial Downs’s closing weekend was thin, while 40,000 attended the Gold Cup jump racing. What’s the lesson there?
Evening NewsBrief: Breeders’ Cup notes and more
A Breeders’ Cup favorite is scratched, plus news from around the mid-Atlantic, in the latest NewsBrief.
The good, the bad, and the ugly at Delaware Park
The just-completed Delaware Park meet was like an old spaghetti western, says Doug McCoy: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Minus Clint Eastwood, of course.
Steeplechase, flat worlds combine at Gold Cup races
Saturday’s International Gold Cup at Great Meadow will include both steeplechase and flat racing and could be a blueprint for racing’s Virginia future.
EZ Horseplay seeks arbitration against VHBPA
EZ Horseplay, the advance deposit wagering company owned by Colonial Downs, has filed for arbitration against the state horsemen’s group, VHBPA officials said.
Delaware Park meet closes with handle declines
Delaware Park’s meet closed with a drop in handle despite strong business on its signature Delaware Handicap and Oaks cards.
At the Virginia Racing Commission, gray skies, then a downpour
The Virginia Racing Commission convened on a gray October day in Richmond, which was only foreshadowing what was to come next.
Colonial Downs surrenders racing license
At today’s Virginia Racing Commission meeting, Colonial Downs surrendered its racetrack operators license, possibly ending the Jeff Jacobs era in Virginia racing.
