Author: Ted Black

Figgins family affair rolling right along

Posted by Ted Black | Jun 15, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing |

It’s important for a trainer to have people he can trust in key positions. For Ollie Figgins, III his key people are kin: his younger brother and his 21-year-old daughter.

Captain Bodgit, Maryland’s near-miss star

Posted by Ted Black | May 19, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail |

Twenty years ago, Captain Bodgit finished second in the Kentucky Derby and third in the Preakness. Combined margin of defeat: two heads.

Xavier Perez aiming to get back to top of game

Posted by Ted Black | May 18, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories |

Jockey Xavier Perez rode in the Breeders’ Cup in 2013 but has since fallen off the map. His three stakes mounts Friday are one sign he’s coming back.

For McGowan, long road back leads full circle

Posted by Ted Black | May 17, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing |

Jockey Matt McGowan’s comeback is coming along nicely — and, he says, bringing his career full circle.

Seeing double on Charles Town Classic undercard

Posted by Ted Black | Apr 22, 2017 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing |

Things kept happening in pairs on the undercard of this afternoon’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.

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