Jul. 5—The number plates on motorcycle racer Brandon Price's bike were decked out in Maryland flag colors for Sunday's Barbara Fritchie Classic at the Frederick Fairgrounds. The state flag theme was ...

It took more than a quarter-mile, but Passage East eventually outran her shadow Saturday at Laurel Park. In a spirited showdown that spanned the homestretch and thrilled the air, Passage East raced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Irish Maxima broke through the gate before the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (L) for fillies and mares at seven furlongs, ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and recited the story of how, as Confederate troops were passing through her ...

Michael Dubb’s Apple Picker split tiring pacesetter Disco Ebo to the inside and multiple stakes winner Last Leaf in midstretch and drew away to open her 4-year-old season in style with a one-length ...

In recent years, a Brandon Price win at the Barbara Fritchie Classic has sort of been like fireworks at Baker Park — it’s a Frederick Fourth of July holiday tradition. Price has won the last three ...

Miller Racing’s Intrepid Daydream, a three-time stakes winner last year in Maryland, returns after a winter sojourn to South Florida chasing graded stakes success in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3) ...

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote the “Ballad of Barbara Frietchie” which first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in October, 1863. He received heated protests, as well as praise. The debate made headlines ...