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With Maryland Million upon us - it takes place Oct. 24 at Laurel Park - we wanted to see what this celebration of Maryland stallions means to those who stand studs in the Free State.

Maryland Million is a day where the biggest races are restricted to the offspring of Maryland stallions, helping to promote the stallions and create demand for their offspring.

Country Life Farm, in Bel Air, MD, has four stallions currently, and their roster over the years has included such stalwarts as Allen's Prospect, Citidancer, and Malibu Moon. Country Life's Mike Pons and Christy Holden are the guests on today's episode if Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

They tell us what Maryland Million means to them, as Country Life breeds horses, stands stallions, and runs partnerships, too.

And they share their favorite memories of Maryland's Day at the Races!

Today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club.

With Maryland Million 2026 nearly upon us -- it takes place Saturday, Oct. 24 at Laurel Park -- it's time to open those past performances and get to handicapping!

Mackenzie Pfeiffer of the Maryland Jockey Club and our own John Piassek are the guests on today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz!

Saturday's card as a 12-race brain-buster featuring eight stakes races and four challenging starter handicaps. The stakes feature such popular regional runners as Barbadian Runner, Slewperstitus, Witty, and Celtic Contender.

Where to spread and where to single? Which favorites are vulnerable and which look too good?

Mack and John have the answers.

Today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club.

Fasig-Tipton's annual fall yearling sale in Timonium is upon us -- well, almost. It takes place Tuesday, Oct. 27.

And this year's edition comes with a couple of significant changes: a new format designed to highlight the Mid-Atlantic region's breeding programs and a Preakness bonus that could significantly sweeten the pot if a graduate of the sale wins the Middle Jewel.

Frank Alosa from Fasig-Tipton joins us to discuss all of this and more on today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Just three days prior to the sale, one of its top recent grads will try to defend his title in the Maryland Million Classic. That's now-4-year-old Barbadian Runner, who cost just $5,000 as a yearling but has now surpassed $1 million in career earnings.

A horse like Barbadian Runner might just be the sale's best advertisement of all.

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Arnaldo Bocachica has been the longtime king of Charles Town riders, and if he wins this year's local riding title -- he has a 15-win advantage -- will secure his ninth consecutive leading rider title.

Arnaldo Bocachica is our guest on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Bocachica has often saved his best for the biggest days, once winning eight WV Breeders Classics races on a single card. This year he won two, including with the ultra-impressive Ryan's Run and with Zip Start in the Cavada. 

Bocachica's success has been built on a foundation of his own talent and hard work, his longtime partnership with top trainer Jeff Runco, and his success at staying healthy.

In recent years, he's also had the chance to ride with brother Orlando and son Abnel.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Delaware Park racing analyst Stan Salter joins us on Midlantic Racing Today as closing weekend looms.

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Delaware concludes its 2026 season with a 10-race program on Oct. 17, but if the season is ending, it's ending with a bang. There are full fields everywhere and two stakes top the card.

Those two are the $100,000 Wilmington for older runners and the $200,000 Endine for fillies and mares, both at six furlongs -- and both with plenty of intriguing handicapping questions.

Get the jump on your handicapping with today's episode featuring Stan Salter!

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

While some of the trainers who've had strong meets at Delaware Park are pretty familiar names -- think Jamie Ness, Gary Capuano, Mike Simone, or Greg Compton -- a few others have flown under the radar.

One of the latter group is Chris Seale, who joins us in this exclusive interview on Midlantic Racing Today.

Seale's operation -- based most of the year in Florida -- won with nine of 31 starters during the Delaware meet, a stellar performance that built on his seven-win 2025 meet.

And that's not all. Seale also works as a pinhooker, buying young horses to develop and resell. And he does all that as part of a family operation, with his wife Margo and younger son Cash.

Here's an inside look at a smaller, family-based racing operation.

Today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino!

Lots of Mid-Atlantic horse racing action is on tap this weekend, and we bring in Charles Town announcer and linemaker Paul Espinosa and Delaware Park analyst Stan Salter to help us sort through it.

They are our guests on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz!

At Charles Town, it's West Virginia Breeders Classics weekend, with a 10-race program dedicated to the best in West Virginia-bred racing action!

Meanwhile, at Delaware Park, we recap last weekend's big Delaware Handicap card and look ahead to the top races on Saturday. Delaware's season is winding down, with one more week to go!

Today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino!

More than 40 years ago, famed sportscaster Jim McKay and others had a big idea -- maybe even a preposterous one.

Why not have a day of racing, modeled on the Breeders' Cup but dedicated to Maryland, featuring the progeny of Maryland stallions and celebrating Maryland breeding and racing?

Where would the purses come from? Who would show up? Would breeders support it? Could it possibly work?

Now, as we approach the 41st running of the Maryland Million, we know Maryland Million as one of the best days on the Maryland racing calendar.

Cricket Goodall was there at the inception, and this year will be her final one as the executive director of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association and Maryland Million Ltd. She is our guest on Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Goodall has seen racing's fortunes wax and wane while plans for the future came and went. But through it all, Maryland Million continued to thrive as Maryland's day at the races.

Learn how that happened -- and how she's approaching her final Maryland Million as the event's head -- in this exclusive interview.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Maryland Racing Today, is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club.

If you're looking for a quick way to go broke in horse racing, breeding and then racing your homebreds is usually the ticket.

It's a slow, expensive process, and any money the horse might earn for you is three or more years off in the future.

But nobody gave Chas Blanford the memo.

Blanford, an owner and breeder based in Maryland, joins us for an exclusive interview on Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Blanford's most accomplished current runner is the 4-year-old filly Beautiful Blome, recent winner of the Ogletown Handicap. But it's another horse -- Olivia's Legacy -- who has the most compelling story.

Find out why in this exclusive horseracing interview.

Plus, we'll preview all four stakes with Laurel Park on-air analyst Mackenzie Pfeiffer.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Maryland Racing Today, is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club.

October 10 marks the 40th running of the West Virginia Breeders Classics -- the biggest night of the year for local horsemen!

WV Breeders Classics co-founder Carol Holden is our guest on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

In a couple of weeks, we may see nine of last year's 10 winners back in WVBC races -- including horses like WV-bred Horse of the Year Teachintherelease, surprise Dash for Cash winner Time to Rock, and defending Cavada champ Petty Perfect.

Plus we'll hear about all the rest of what goes into making WV Breeders Classics such a key part of the Charles Town season -- and how this all came to be.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Laurel Park hosts three stakes Saturday afternoon, and one of them -- the Selima -- has produced a Breeders' Cup winner

Jockey agent Tom Stift will be well represented with one of his clients riding in each of the three. Angel Cruz has mounts in the All Along (on Mischief in Motion) and the Laurel Futurity (Fire Marshal), while Vincent Cheminaud pilots Sea Isle City in the Selima.

Tom Stift joins us for an exclusive interview on Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Stift has been an agent for 38 years, and his career includes stops in California, Oregon, and Texas before a shift to the East Coast. Also in there are sojourns to New Orleans and Tampa Bay, along with a working trip to Jamaica (nice work if you can get it!).

Plus, we'll preview all three stakes with Laurel Park on-air analyst Mackenzie Pfeiffer.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Maryland Racing Today, is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club

Regaled was a powerful winner of the 2025 Delaware Handicap, rallying from well back to win by six lengths -- a triumph she parlayed into a third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Only seven horses in the history of the Delaware Handicap have defended their crowns. Can Regaled be the eighth?

We'll dig into that question on today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

The DelCap is the featured and final of four stakes on the card. We'll also discuss the Battery Park (Barbadian Runner goes for $1 million) and the two 2-year-old races, the White Clay Creek and Rocky Run.

Get the jump on your handicapping with today's episode!

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Back in 2020, Keri Brion was in Ireland overseeing a string of horses for her boss Jonathan Sheppard when she learned he was unexpectedly retiring -- a move that thrust her into a training on her own, a job she'd expected to have... just not quite yet.

Then The Mean Queen won the Eclipse Award as champion steeplechaser, and things started to happen for her.

Keri Brion joins us for an exclusive interview on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

These days Brion has a growing operation based at the Fair Hill Training Center, and while she wants to remain prominent in jumps circles, she's hoping to for growing success on the flat side.

It's a great conversation with a trainer with an interesting story.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

When trainer Michael Simone dropped $8,000 to claim Micanopy a few months back, he was hoping for a solid enough horse who would fit in the Mid-Atlantic.

But he never expected to land the horse who would give him his first stakes win -- and then take him to the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby.

Michael Simone joins us for an exclusive interview on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Simone followed his father's footsteps into the racing industry, becoming a trainer just like Dad, but after his father passed away, Simone stepped away from training. He was out of the business from 2012 to 2020. Now he's in the midst of a career year and hoping for bigger things still to come.

It's a great conversation with a trainer with an interesting back story.

Plus we'll take a look ahead to the racing at Delaware Park this weekend with analyst Stan Salter.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Charles Town's first 2-year-old stakes of 2026 are upon us this weekend, and trainer Anthony Farrior arrives holding a strong hand: two, including the favorite, in Friday's John McKee Memorial, and an intriguing debut runner in Saturday's Henry Mercer Memorial. 

Farrior, Charles Town's defending leading trainer who this year is chasing Ronney Brown, is our guest on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Farrior will send out 3-5 Crystal Veil, along with 12-1 Kickin' With Caity, in Friday's McKee Memorial. Saturday in the Mercer, he'll unveil debut runner Hundley.

We'll also check in on his pursuit of 1,500 wins -- he could get there this year -- and Grey Bells, his surprising worst-to-first winner going four furlongs at Timonium in August.

Later we visit with Charles Town Races track announcer and morning line maker Paul Espinosa to preview the weekend ahead and recap Charles Town Classic night.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

When For the Ladies got up late to win the $75,000 Shine Again Stakes at Timonium Aug. 29, it wasn't just her third consecutive triumph. It also provided the first stakes win of trainer Pedro Nazario's career.

Pedro Nazario joins us for an exclusive interview on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Nazario struck out on his own as a trainer in 2021 and has won 70 races and more than $1.5 million in purse earnings since. He worked his way up from hotwalker to galloping horses to assistant trainer to trainer, though he still gallops some of his own.

It's a great conversation with an up-and-coming trainer.

Plus we'll take a look ahead to the racing at Delaware Park this weekend.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Only 10 jockeys in the entire history of Thoroughbred racing have amassed 7,000 or more victories. One of them is Delaware native and longtime Midlantic riding stalwart Mario Pino.

Mario Pino joins us for an exclusive interview on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Pino entered the last week of his riding career needing five wins to become racing's 10th 7,000-race winner. He bagged six to reach 7,001 by the time it was all said and done.

Plus, what was it like riding Hard Spun to a near-win in the Derby? And what happened the time Spectacular Bid came to town?

It's a great conversation with one of Mid-Atlantic racing's top riders.

Plus Delaware Park analyst Stan Salter will stop by for news and handicapping.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Veteran trainer Gregory Sacco has won more than 900 races, including nine graded stakes, in a long career. Now his son -- and top assistant -- Will is looking to carry on a multi-generation family legacy.

Gregg and Will Sacco join us for an exclusive interview on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

The Saccos will see barn star Crazy Mason try his luck against sprint champ Book'em Danno Saturday in the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga and next month they have their eyes on the Delaware Handicap for Social Fortress.

And they have a cadre of two-year-olds they're excited about heading towards the racetrack.

It's a fun conversation about racing, working with families, carrying on legacies and much more!

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

The biggest night of the year at Charles Town Races arrives Friday, and we've got you covered. 

Paul Espinosa, Charles Town track announcer and morning line maker, joins this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

The Classic has drawn a field of 10, including prior winners Skippylongstocking (2023-2024) and Banishing (2025), along with last year's runner-up, Willy D's. 

And Midlantic racing folks will have plenty to root for on the day, including Maryland-bred Barbadian Runner in the Classic and West Virginia-breds like At a Premium (Oaks), Ryan's Run (Hilton Memorial), and Xcellent Start (Classic).

Hear all about it in this exclusive interview!

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Matt Halter, a 20-something racing fan who also happens to be autistic, has become Delaware Park's #1 fan. That's in part due to his mom's social media presence and even more to his own unquenchable enthusiasm.

Matt's mom, Megan Halter, joins us today on Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Matt Halter’s racing journey began with a pony, a blaze, and a Kentucky Derby winner. Where it's taken him is... just about everywhere. Give a listen.

We'll also bring in Delaware Park racing analyst Stan Salter to take a look back and a look ahead to this weekend.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

David Walters is, in training terms, something of a ladies' man: his best horses include fillies and mares like Carnival Chrome, Longfield Star, and Cuppa Mocha Mojo.

Now he might have the best one of his long career: the three-year-old Great Notion filly At a Premium.

Walters, the brother of Maryland-based trainer Henry Walters, joins this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

At a Premium has won all four of her Charles Town starts with the greatest ease. Next week she'll get her toughest test yet when she races in the Grade 2, $750,000 Charles Town Oaks.

Walters discusses his long journey through racing, his approach, and what milestones win (or don't).

Later we get an update on who's coming to the Oaks, Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, and other major races Aug. 28 from Charles Town Races track announcer and morning line maker Paul Espinosa.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Trainer Jeff Runco is just 50 wins shy of 5,000 career triumphs and three victories short of being in the top 10 all-time.

How has he done it?

Jeff Runco is our guest today on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Runco's career resume includes a stint as a jockey, wins in the first two editions of the Charles Town Classic, and a record-setting night at the 2021 West Virginia Breeders' Classics, at which his runners won seven times.

After that Charles Town track announcer Paul Espinosa stops by to recap recent racing action and chat about the upcoming Charles Town Classic night card Aug. 28.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Jockey Carol Cedeno suffered a scary injury last September at the Meadowlands but recovered well enough to resume riding in March and April.

Still, she saved the first win of her comeback for her return home, to Delaware Park.

Cedeno joins us on today's Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

A six-time leading jockey at Delaware Park, Cedeno has balanced motherhood and riding to fashion a career that includes more than 1,300 wins aboard horses like Golden Candy, Witty, and Dancer's Melody.

We'll also bring in Delaware Park racing analyst Stan Salter to take a look back and a look ahead to this weekend.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

In this exclusive interview, we catch up with Maryland horse racing insider TK Kuegler, who's a member of the board of directors of racetrack operator the Maryland Jockey Club and president of Maryland Million.

Is he lamenting Maryland's exclusion from the new racing "championship series"? Or does he see the future as so bright he's gotta wear shades?

Kuegler appears on this special episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

The Maryland Jockey Club and Gov. Wes Moore made a big announcement this past week. But a lot of the attention was deflected to the championship series announcement.

Hear why Kuegler thinks that was the wrong focus.

Plus, he'll preview some more big announcements coming down the pike.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Maryland Racing Today, is presented by the Maryland Jockey Club.

You never know what you might see in a two-year-old stakes race.

Just a few years ago, Jaywalk won the White Clay Creek at Delaware Park, and that helped launch her to an Eclipse Award as best 2-year-old filly after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Delaware has a pair to baby stakes on offer Saturday, the Dover for the boys and the Blue Hen for the girls. 

We'll preview those with Stan Salter on today's Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Will there be another Jaywalk in one of those? It's not likely, but that's the fun of 2-year-old stakes: you never know.

Also on today's show, we'll look back at Autism Awareness Day, recap the Sussex Handicap, and more.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Teachintherelease dominated West Virginia-bred foes in 2025, winning the year's biggest state-bred race, the $300,000 Sam Huff WV Breeders' Classic by 14 lengths en route to earnings state-bred Horse of the Year honors.

His trainer, Stephen Murdock, joins today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Teachintherelease returned to action for the first time since last December on Aug. 1, and he sent a message to his rivals with a dominant allowance win.

After years on the backstretch, picking the brains of the likes of the Chief, the legendary Allen Jerkens, Murdock struck out on his own in 2020 and pretty quickly has built a small but hard-hitting barn that also includes Confucius Say Stakes winner Ray of Sunshine.

After that Charles Town track announcer Paul Espinosa stops by to recap recent racing action, including At a Premium's big Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes win, Teachintherelease's triumph, and to look ahead to the upcoming Charles Town Classic night card Aug. 28.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

The average Thoroughbred racehorse's career lasts from age two or three to maybe seven or eight. Yet they often live for another 20 years or more.

But what happens after the race is over?

Bev Strauss, cofounder of Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue, has worked to answer that question for more than 25 years. In that time, her organization has rescued more than 2,600 retired racers.

Strauss joins us on today's Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Strauss also is a trainer based at Delaware Park, and she now has eight horses stabled there.

We'll also bring in Delaware Park racing analyst Stan Salter to take a look back and a look ahead to this weekend.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Building a business can be a full-time job. Training horses can be a full-time job.

And being a mom to a three-year-old? Yup, that's another full-time job.

Charles Town trainer Kristy Gazzier balances all of these. With a couple dozen horses in her growing stable, 10 wins on the season to date, and some youngsters working towards their first starts, she's one to watch at Charles Town. And that's saying nothing of being a mom to her three-year-old daughter.

Kristy Gazzier is our featured guest on today's episode of Midlantic Racing Today.

Gazzier, who sent out her first winner in 2017, has won 127 times from nearly 970 starters in her career. Her purse earnings are closing in on $2.4 million.

We'll also recap last weekend's Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes and look ahead to this weekend and beyond.

Midlantic Racing Today is powered by The Racing Biz, and today's episode, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

A jockey agent's job is really more than one job. It's like a combination of agent -- connecting jockeys, trainers, and horses -- with a bit of coach and, sometimes, a touch of parent.

John Weilbacher, who's done a wide variety of backstretch jobs, plies his trade these days as the agent for Delaware-based journeyman riders Martin Chuan and Kevin Gomez, along with apprentice Emanuel Rosario.

Weilbacher joins us on today's Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

Weilbacher might be best known for his work as the agent for Jaime Rodriguez. Rodriguez, who had ridden for several years at Finger Lakes, came down to Delaware, teamed up with Weilbacher, and proceeded to dominate the Mid-Atlantic for several years before relocating to New York.

We'll also look back at Thursday's $150,000 Dashing Beauty Stakes and take a look ahead to this weekend.

This episode of Midlantic Racing Today, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racing and Casino.

Stacey Viands didn't start out to be a trainer.

He wanted to learn more about the business, so he went to work for Ronney Brown as a hotwalker, a groom, and later Brown's assistant. Viands appears on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today.

Viands sent out his first starter in 2006, picked up his first winner in 2007, and now has 338 career victories with purse earnings of more than $5.8 million. His top trainees include the four-time stakes winner Parisian Diva for Melinda Golden and, currently, last year's Dash for Cash winner Time to Rock for owner-breeder Jill Daniel.

We talk about his racing journey.

Plus Charles Town track announcer Paul Espinosa stops by to recap last week's Leavitt Stakes and look ahead to the July 25 Sylvia Bishop Memorial -- and what they mean for the boys and girls three-year-old divisions at the track.

Midlantic Racing Today is powered by The Racing Biz, and today's episode, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Today on Midlantic Racing Today: The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) was found earlier this month by the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to be unconstitutional.

But the 6th Circuit found the opposite.

That likely sets up a fight at the Supreme Court over the horse racing law.

Now what? What is the court likely to do? Why do some horsemen want to get rid of it? And what comes next if it is overturned?

We talk with National HBPA chief Eric Hamelback, whose group has spearheaded the fight against HISA, about these and other questions.

Midlantic Racing Today is powered by The Racing Biz.

It's a safe bet that there aren't too many lawyers on the backstretch at Delaware Park. But it's a sure thing that there's at least one.

Ted Maher, who trains a two-horse stable at Delaware, pays his bills as an attorney. But his passion for racing keeps drawing him back. He appears on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today.

Maher has served as a groom for Hall of Famer Bill Mott, galloped horses in Maryland, and ridden races as an amateur all over the US and in Western Europe. As a trainer his very first starter, back in 2005, won and paid her few backers $215.80 for a two-dollar win wager.

It's a tale full of twists and turns.

Midlantic Racing Today is powered by The Racing Biz, and today's episode, Delaware Park Today, is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino.

Sylvia Bishop was the first Black woman to be licensed as a Thoroughbred trainer in the United States, plying her trade at Charles Town for years and memorialized with a stakes race that bears her name.

These days, her grandson, Michael Jones, Jr. follows in her footsteps, training at CT. He appears on this episode of Midlantic Racing Today.

Jones struck out on his own as a trainer in 2014, winning two races that year and gradually building his barn into where it is today: currently tied for fifth in the standings with 24 wins at CT (27 wins overall) and having won 50 or more races for three consecutive years.

Through it all, he says his grandmother remains his greatest influence.

Midlantic Racing Today is powered by The Racing Biz, and today's episode, Charles Town Races Today, is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

We catch up with longtime racing insider Alan Foreman in the newest episode of Midlantic Racing Today, powered by The Racing Biz.

In a career that's spanned nearly 50 years, Foreman defended Maryland's stewards in the most famous non-disqualification case of all, navigated murky waters with a successful jockey who wasn't old enough to hold a license, helped push Maryland to rebuild Pimlico, and positioned the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association on the side of HISA.

Yet after all that, he says, "Racing has not figured out what its product is."

Why? And what does he see in the future?

It's a wide-ranging conversation with the insider's insider.

What's going on at Delaware Park? In the latest episode of Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz, we find out!

Wednesday's card featured big payoffs all day long, topped most of all by an early Pick 5 that returned to one bettor payout of $66,570.

Delaware Park on-air racing analyst Stan Salter joins us to discuss Wednesday's big day and the meet to date, including top jockeys and trainers and races to watch. Plus we'll dig into a few of the coming weekend's top races.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Trainer Greg Compton joins the latest episode of Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz!

The Arkansas-born Compton splits his year between his home state's Oaklawn Park and Delaware Park, a strategy he's followed since 2017 with growing success each year.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news -- recapping all of last week's stakes action -- and a look ahead to Saturday.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Trainer Graham Motion joins the latest episode of Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz!

Motion, who has three entered in Delaware Park's two Saturday stakes, discusses his racing journey, from his time as a young assistant to wins in the Breeders' Cup and Kentucky Derby, to the two grumpy old (equine) men who shared their final years at his Fair Hill base.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news -- recapping all of last week's stakes action -- and a look ahead to Saturday.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Thirty-three years after the best horse he ever trained fell a half-length short in the De Francis Dash, trainer Kenny Cox returns to that historic stakes race.

Maryland Racing Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns to talk Maryland horse racing!

On today's episode, we visit with trainer Kenny Cox, who grew up minutes from Bowie race track and built a career based on family. He is slated to send out Wickeddivine in Saturday's $175,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash. 

We'll also chat with Mackenzie Pfeiffer about recent Maryland racing news and the big upcoming weekend.

Maryland Racing Today is presented by The Maryland Jockey Club.

Maryland Racing Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

You can't talk about Charles Town racing without talking about the potent owner-trainer combination of David Raim and Jeff Runco.

Charles Town Races Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we visit with David Raim, whose stars include millionaire Muad'dib, dash specialist Duncan Idaho, and hard-hitting mare The Sky Is Falling.

We'll also recap recent Charles Town action and take a look ahead with CT track announcer Paul Espinosa.

Charles Town Races Today is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Charles Town Races Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Former backstretch worker and current racetrack reunion organizer Lauren Heathcote Amberman joins the latest episode of Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz!

Amberman worked on the backside at Delaware and in Maryland in the 1970s and 1980s before life took her elsewhere. But five years ago, she organized the first racetrack reunion at Delaware Park, and it's grown into an annual event.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news -- recapping all of last week's stakes action -- and a look ahead to Saturday.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Maryland Racing Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns to talk Maryland horse racing!

On today's episode, we chat with former racetrackers Cathy Rosenberger and Scott Regan about Stable Footing, their new initiative to help former horsefolks who may have fallen through the cracks in later years.

Maryland Racing Today is presented by The Maryland Jockey Club.

Maryland Racing Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

From riding show horses to standing stallions to buying half a horse from her husband -- owner-trainer-breeder Cindy McKee has done it all!

Charles Town Races Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we visit with Cindy McKee, whose racing journey is quite a tale.

We'll also recap recent Charles Town action and take a look ahead with CT track announcer Paul Espinosa.

Charles Town Races Today is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Charles Town Races Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Trainer Michael Gorham joins the latest episode Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz!

Gorham trains Miss Fulton Gal, headed to Saturday's Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, is a winner of nearly 1,500 races, and owns a Grade 1 triumph with Mandy's Gold.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news and a look ahead to Saturday.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Maryland Racing Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns to talk Maryland horse racing!

On today's episode, we catch up with Mackenzie Pfeiffer and John Piassek about the latest Maryland racing news and with a preview of this weekend's action.

Maryland Racing Today is presented by The Maryland Jockey Club.

Maryland Racing Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Charles Town Races Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we visit with owner-breeder Jim Miller, who's enjoyed considerable success racing at Charles Town and elsewhere.

We'll also recap recent Charles Town action and take a look ahead with CT track announcer Paul Espinosa.

Charles Town Races Today is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Charles Town Races Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we chat with jockey Gavin Ashton, who will be based at Delaware this summer, and his agent, retired jockey Tyler Conner: two men who came to the racing industry via unconventional paths.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news and a look ahead to Saturday.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.

Maryland Racing Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns to talk Maryland horse racing!

On today's episode, we visit with Maryland track announcer Dave Rodman: his journey, his experiences, his approach to announcing, and more!

We'll also catch up with Mackenzie Pfeiffer and John Piassek about the latest Maryland racing news and with a preview of this weekend's action.

Maryland Racing Today is presented by The Maryland Jockey Club.

Maryland Racing Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Charles Town Races Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we visit with trainer Ronnie Sigler, who doubles as an equine dentist. His journey, his horses, and more are on tap.

We'll also recap recent Charles Town action and take a look ahead with CT track announcer Paul Espinosa.

Charles Town Races Today is presented by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Charles Town Races Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Delaware Park Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns today!

On today's episode, we chat with Delaware-based trainer Andy Simoff. He trains Black-Eyed Susan runner-up and Delaware Oaks hopeful Jumping the Gun and has a ton of good racing stories.

Plus, we visit with Delaware on-air analyst Stan Salter with the latest DelPark news and a look ahead to Saturday's Rehoboth Stakes.

Delaware Park Today is presented by Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino and will return each week to talk Delaware Park racing.

Delaware Park Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts. 

Maryland Racing Today, Powered by The Racing Biz returns to talk Maryland horse racing!

On today's episode, we visit with Preakness-winning trainer Chad Summers, who conditioned Napoleon Solo to win the 151st Preakness Stakes May 16!

We'll also catch up with John Piassek about the latest Maryland racing news and with a preview of this weekend's action.

Maryland Racing Today is presented by The Maryland Jockey Club.

Maryland Racing Today is part of the Midlantic Racing Today family of podcasts.