
Laurel Park reschedules weekend stakes for Sept. 22
In the face of Hurricane Florence, Laurel Park has moved the seven stakes – six on the turf – scheduled for Saturday to September 22.

In the face of Hurricane Florence, Laurel Park has moved the seven stakes – six on the turf – scheduled for Saturday to September 22.

Monmouth Park’s rainy 2018 meet, with attendance and handle numbers not far off 2017, though it lost over one-third of its scheduled turf races to weather.

In which we point out a couple of horses we’ll be keeping an eye on at Delaware Park today…

Jockey Steve Hamilton, out since June, will have back surgery September 17 and hopes he’ll be able to continue his career afterwards.

Monmouth Park reaches the end of its 2018 meet this afternoon with a hefty $370k carryover in – and mandatory payout of – its Pick 6.

With racing secretary Jed Doro leaving his position, Delaware Park expects to make do through the end of this season October 20 before hiring a new racing secretary for 2019.

Five Hellions Farm’s Abbo – named for their late friend, horseman Bobby Abbo – broke her maiden impressively today at Laurel Park.

“The future is with the young, and nowhere is that truer than horse racing,” says trainer John Servis, whose barn includes a couple of graded stakes-bound juvenile fillies with recent Delaware Park wins.

In which we point out a couple of horses we’ll be keeping an eye on at Delaware Park today…

Sheikh of Sheikhs was the easiest kind of winner Friday at Laurel Park, his fourth win in a row.

Delaware Park racing secretary Jed Doro will fill that same role at Oaklawn Park effective September 24.

The new Stronach 5 wager will feature five races from four different tracks — Laurel Park, Gulfstream, Santa Anita, and Golden Gate.
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