
Lightening Larry prevails in Alapocas Run
Favored Lightening Larry had too much for his rivals and prevailed in the Alapocas Run Stakes at Delaware Park.

Favored Lightening Larry had too much for his rivals and prevailed in the Alapocas Run Stakes at Delaware Park.

Smokin’ Jay would have run last week at Ellis Park if the weather had cooperated. Instead, he looks like a major player in Saturday’s grassy Laurel Dash.

The Todd Pletcher-trained Miracle is favored in Saturday’s Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, while a Brittany Russell pair will represent the home team.

Because of air quality issues in central Maryland, Laurel Park has canceled its Friday card and shifted it to July 6.

Unhealthy air quality in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has forced Charles Town Races to cancel its scheduled June 29 card.

Delaware Park has canceled its June 29 card because of air quality issues, with the AQI already high and expected to rise.

The first Fasig-Tipton Midlantic June 2yo sale saw 59 horses change hands, generating over $2.5 million in sales.

Fasig-Tipton’s second Midlantic two-year-olds in training sale will take place June 28, with 85 hips scheduled to go through the ring.

Trainer Graham Motion has won Delaware Park’s G3 Robert Dick Memorial Stakes eight times, and he has a pair of runner aiming to make it nine Saturday.

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

Jaime Rodriguez won four times Sunday at Laurel Park and is currently the leading rider at both Laurel and at Delaware Park.

Two-time WV-bred horse of the year Muad’dib snapped a brief losing streak June 16, and his connections are targeting the biggest local race.
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