Author: Frank Vespe

Handle slumps in December as 2024 lags prior year

US wagering handle on Thoroughbred races plummeted 14% in December, as the industry suffered through another down year.

It was a tumultuous, consequential year for the Maryland Thoroughbred industry. Here are eight stories that mattered in the year that was.

Fille d’Esprit, a onetime $10,000 claim, figures to go off as one of the shortest-priced horses of Maryland Million Saturday in the Distaff.

We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!

Trainers Chuck Lawrence and McLane Hendriks – godfather and godson- are hoping to compromise the Penn Mile exacta with Wow Whata Summer and Witty.

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