
MTHA endorses change to claiming price rule
The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) on Wednesday endorsed a less restrictive claiming rule than currently in place.

The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) on Wednesday endorsed a less restrictive claiming rule than currently in place.

Trainer Michael Gorham will send out live runners Pay Billy (Tesio) and Moon Cache (Weber City Miss) on Saturday, with bigger prizes down the road.

In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2025, Pennsylvania-bred Simply Joking (3yo) and Maryland-bred Quint’s Brew (older) are atop the list.

Berths in the Preakness Stakes starting gate are on the line in this weekend’s Tesio at Laurel and Bathhouse Row at Oaklawn Park.

River Thames, recently third in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes, will skip the Kentucky Derby and point instead to the Preakness Stakes May 17.

1/ST and The Maryland Jockey Club announced the return of its Preak Weeks initiative to spotlight Baltimore businesses.

An expanded live racing schedule, featuring higher overnight purses and more stakes races, are on tap at Colonial Downs this summer.

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Off since November, It’s Hammertime returned ready to roll, taking a stakes-quality allowance in a sharp score.

Jockey Forest Boyce was injured Sunday at Laurel Park but she seemed to escape the worst of it.

Gosger and Bracket Buster, who ran one-two in the Lexington Stakes Saturday at Keeneland, may target the Preakness for their next start.

With Saturday’s Lexington Stakes in the books, all of the races on the Kentucky Derby trail are complete, and who might run comes into focus.
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