Midlantic Racing Today

Retired jockey Mario Pino on the journey to 7,000 wins

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 M

Father-son training duo dishes on racing and life

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

Scouting out Charles Town Classic night

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

Autism Awareness day and Delaware Park's #1 fan

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

David Walters' "Premium" filly and a racing lifetime

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. No

Chasing 5,000 wins!

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 t

Carol Cedeno on comebacks, kids, and more

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 w

What's the future hold for the Preakness?

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

What's up at Delaware Park

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 a

Catching up with the WV-bred Horse of the Year's trainer

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

On the Thoroughbred aftercare beat with Bev Strauss

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

Balancing trainer life and mom life

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

On the backstretch with a jockey agent

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 to

Building from the bottom up with trainer Stacey Viands

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'

What next for HISA?

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 unconstitutio

A lawyer/trainer on the Delaware backstretch?

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-hors

Talking training -- and legacies -- with Michael Jones, Jr.

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

Catching up with racing insider Alan Foreman

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 ye

Delaware horse racing analyst Stan Salter featured

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 lon

Delaware Park mainstay trainer Greg Compton

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 Oakla