
Divining Rod to stand at Maryland’s Country Life Farm
Divining Rod, a Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2015 Preakness, will stand at stud at Country Life Farm for the 2018 season.

Divining Rod, a Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2015 Preakness, will stand at stud at Country Life Farm for the 2018 season.

Father James and son John Casey swept the first three spots in Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes, named for their wife and mother. Plus, PA Nursery resutls.

From weanlings to broodmares and even a stallion, Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale has (consignors hope) something for everyone.

Trainer James Casey and his son John both will saddle horses entered in the Eleanor Casey Memorial — named for James’s wife — at Charles Town Saturday.

Our weekly Laurel Park Racing Notebook includes horses to watch, headlines from the weekend, and hot jocks and trainers.

Regional riders Jomar Torres, Feargal Lynch, and Christian Hiraldo are among four finalists for the JockeyTalk 360 Breaktthrough Jockey of the Year.

The Maryland Racing Commission upheld the DQ of a horse with a methocarbamol overage, taking a tack opposite that of a Kentucky court earlier in 2017.

Starting with the 2018 crop, the Jockey Club will replace hard copy foal certificates with digital foal certificates.

The racing community has banded together to help injured rider Jenn Miller, but there’s still a long road ahead.

Consignor BIll Reightler is offering nearly 50 hips at next week’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale, which he expect to be better than it was last time.

The Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale is December 5, and we break it down by the numbers.

Charles Town Races will race on a four-day-per-week schedule in 2018 through April 21; the remainder of the racing calendar will be set later.
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