For the third week running, the region’s racing calendar features four weekend stakes, with one of those graded. Â Herewith, your quick guide to what’s on tap:
[table id=26 /]On Tap: Region’s best racing, August 24-25
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Eric Reed: “If it was four weeks, we’d have been” in Preakness - Rich Strike, the pony, the bite, and the controversy
- Preakness: Un Ojo’s out, who’s in
- Shake Em Loose will skip Preakness, run in Murphy
- Adare Manor favored in wide-open Black-Eyed Susan
- Epicenter installed as 6-5 Preakness favorite
- Ghosts of racetracks past: Maryland’s “half-milers”
- The (almost) fabulous fillies of the Preakness
