Victor Carrasco, the 10th Maryland-based jockey to earn an Eclipse Award as top apprentice, won his first stakes as a journeyman by guiding Bold Curlin in the Native Dancer at Laurel.
Carrasco added his name to the Eclipse Award honor roll alongside Chris McCarron (1974), Ronnie Franklin (1978), Alberto Delgado (1982), Allen Stacy (1986), Kent Desormeaux (1987), Mike Luzzi (1989), Mark Johnston (1990), Jeremy Rose (2001) and Ryan Fogelsonger (2002).
- Following he passing of steeplechase legend Tom Voss at age 63 that January, friends, fellow trainers, jockeys, and many others who crossed paths with the trainer provided memories in honor of his legacy.
- Ben's Cat was named 2013 Horse of the Year, older male, sprinter, and turf runner during a 7-year-old season of five wins, a second, two thirds, and $505,350 in eight starts. He became the most decorated Maryland-bred in history as the only three-time Horse of the Year and a 10-time divisional winner.
- The influx of established stallions into Pennsylvania was evident in the year-end rankings. Rockport Harbor, who stood one year at Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom before his death in August 2013, topped the general and 2-year-old sires lists by large margins. He was followed by the newly arrived Pin Oak Lane addition Any Given Saturday, E Dubai, Smarty Jones and Jump Start. E Dubai, who moved to the Keystone State for the 2011 season and most recently stood at Northview PA, was to stand in Maryland for the 2014 season, however.
- Early nominations to the Triple Crown totaled 414, the highest since 449 in 2008. Thirty were Mid-Atlantic breds, including filly Dame Dorothy, owned by Bobby Flay and bred in Pennsylvania by Derry Meeting Farm.
