Midlantic Racing Today

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 handica...

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 ...

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 y...

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 an...

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 pe...

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!

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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 th...

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.

Blanfor...

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 winne...

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 Mi...

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 ...

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...

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 fath...

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 ...

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 pur...

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...

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 th...

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 w...

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...