
Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: September 18
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

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

For minor stakes winners like Witty and Intrepid Daydream, “what’s next” is the lurking question, and one their connections had ready answers for.

Nine-year-old Cross Border still has some run in him, and he showed it by rallying to win Saturday’s $200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware Park.

The “razor sharp” Highestdistinction earned a win in the G3 BWI Turf Cup at Pimlico, while Full Count Felicia won the All Along.

Delaware kid Trevor McCarthy returns to his home state Saturday to ride in the Cape Henlopen, and we caught up with him for a wide-ranging conversation.

Highestdistinction was winless for nearly three years but arrives at Saturday’s BWI Turf Cup on a two-race win streak that includes his first stakes win.

Witty, a two-time stakes winner on dirt, will seek his first turf stakes win in Saturday’s Ben’s Cat at PImlico after 3 consecutive seconds in turf stakes.
Saturday’s $200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes has attracted an intriguing group, including millionaire Cross Border and 2022 Kentucky Derby runner Tawny Port.

For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.

Anthony Manganaro passed away August 20. We visit with former MRC chair Michael Algeo, and remember Manganaor’s behind-the-scenes role in Maryland.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) issued its report on the spring fatalities at Churchill Downs, finding no “singular explanation.”

Brittany Russell’s barn has had an exceptional season at Delaware Park, and assistant trainer Emma Wolfe is seizing the moment.
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