A Classic taste: Ain't Da Beer Cold finds Maryland Million win in stewards' stand
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- Published: December 2023
- Written by Joe Clancy
Eleven times Ain’t Da Beer Cold stepped into a Mid-Atlantic racetrack starting gate and lost.
Still Going: Higgins-bred yearling brings $205,000 as numbers slide at Fasig-Tipton sale
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- Published: November 2023
- Written by Joe Clancy
Longtime owner/breeder Milton Higgins III died in April, but it will be awhile before his influence on Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry ceases.
The WordSmith: trainer carves long, unique niche in Maryland racing
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- Published: October 2023
- Written by Vinnie Perrone
He prowls the racetrack grounds a familiar mystery. Shadowy in sunlight. Distantly cordial. Gruffly agreeable.
The Good Life, at Last: retirees find sanctuary at Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Farm
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- Published: September 2023
- Written by Eliza McGraw
When farm manager Ellie Dalton and assistant manager Alex Lee got to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Front Royal, Va., farm one sunny April morning, 69 horses waited. Some wanted grain. Others had misplaced their fly masks. Most quietly grazed the gentle hills of the farm’s approximately 200 acres.
Gotta be the shoes: blacksmith Reed helps Wondrwherecraigis find full potential
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- Published: April 2022
- Written by Nolan Clancy
(Editor's note: Nolan Clancy's story on blacksmith Randy Reed, published in the April 2022 issue of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, won first prize in the Service to the Horse Industry: Single Article category at the 2022 American Horse Publishers Equine Media Awards. Clancy's story is reprinted here)
Declaration Day: National Treasure lands middle jewel of Triple Crown
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- Published: July 2023
- Written by Tom Law
Tom Ryan gathered the troops outside Bridie Harrison’s consignment on the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sales grounds in 2021, ready to tackle short lists and plot a game plan for final looks at potential buys out of the sale of selected yearlings.
The Comeback Kid: Withoutmoreado captures timber classic for Naylor, Neilson
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- Published: June 2023
- Written by Joe Clancy
When Withoutmoreado (Ire) arrived in trainer Kathy Neilson’s barn from Ireland in 2019, the 5-year-old made a strong first impression – natural jumper, quick learner, gears, all of it. The runaway winner of an English point-to-point and £60,000 purchase by owner Irv Naylor at the Tattersalls April Cheltenham sale made his American debut at Shawan Downs that September.
Brewing up a win: Coffeewithchris rides Maryland roots to stakes success
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- Published: February 2023
- Written by John Piassek
(Editor's note: Maryland-bred Coffeewithchris was profiled in the February 2023 issue of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. John Piassek took a closer look at his deep Maryland roots and his local connections. Coffeewithchris will compete in Saturday's Preakness Stakes-G1 at Pimlico, as he looks to become the first Maryland-bred to win the Preakness since Deputed Testamony in 1983. In preparation for his Preakness bid, his story is reprinted here)
A moving Preakness: Secretariat's 50-year-old win will always carry weight
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- Published: May 2023
- Written by Joe Clancy
In front of the Pimlico Race Course starting gate parked across the track, seven guys in caution-tape yellow windbreakers huddle around an older man in a yellow-and-black plaid sports jacket. Just beyond them, on the other side of the gate, six horses finish warming up. Down the stretch, broadcaster Jack Whitaker takes his cue from co-host Frank Wright and says, “The weather is perfect and we’re just waiting for a fine horse race.”
The Mill Leaders
