
On Tap: Questions for October 26
Our weekly On Tap feature highlights the weekend’s best races and other events from around the mid-Atlantic!

Our weekly On Tap feature highlights the weekend’s best races and other events from around the mid-Atlantic!

In Saturday’s Maryland Million Classic, old and young collided. And in a way, oddly, both won.

Everything has gone smoothly for Dance to Bristol and trainer Ollie Figgins this year. All that’s left is getting her and her humans to the West Coast while keeping 40+ horses on the East Coast happy.

Breeders’ Cup-bound Dance to Bristol breezed five furlongs in 58 3/5 seconds today in her last move prior to the big event.

You might see anyone at the racetrack on Maryland Million day. Like a former Russian aristocrat with a famous ancestor, or a hard-knocking horse with a half-million in his bank account.

A shaken-up Midlantic Claiming 7 includes a new leader and three new names this week, in our Claimbox report.

Viral video sensation Spicer Cub suffered a condylar fracture in Saturday’s Maryland Million but is expected to recover fully.

Making a morning line is more art than science, says Laurel Park linemaker Keith Feustle. All it requires is figuring out what thousands of strangers are gong to do in nine races a day.

With two big state-bred stakes days in the region, Midlantic handle rose sharply, according to our latest HandleTrak report.

For handicapper Bobby Zen, a winning bet that was actually a losing bet on West Virginia Breeders Classics night became a lesson in money management.

“We really want to support the Maryland Million,” said one owner Saturday. “It’s important for racing in this state.” The day in words and pictures.

Making the second start of his career just nine days after the first, It’s a Bang won impressively in the Maryland Million Nursery.
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