
October 4 racing highlights: Cohen’s Kat roars
Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

Total mid-Atlantic handle rose in September versus the prior month, but the average daily handle fell.

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Yearlings sale brings together some with leading sires and flashy pedigrees and some with more regional bloodlines. A few to watch.

Jockey Steve “Cowboy” Hamilton, who retired 10 years ago before returning to riding in August, lodged the first win of his comeback today.

Four-year-old Chief Istan won his first stakes today in a rugged renewal of the $75,000 Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park.

Mary Eppler trainee Lovable Lady took today’s Politely Stakes at Laurel Park for her second consecutive stakes victory.

Jockey Erick Rodriguez shifted his tack to Delaware Park this year — not to find more wins but to be closer to his children. Being tied for fifth among riders doesn’t hurt, either.

Jockey Sheldon Russell, injured Saturday when his mount broke down, is out indefinitely with a hand injury.

Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale takes place Tuesday, and several market participants said they were cautiously hopeful about the event.

Laurel Park and other Maryland Jockey Club outlets will simulcast the running of Sunday’s Group 1 Arc de Triomphe, one of the world’s top races.

Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

Legislation that would provide relief to Pennsylvania breeders awaiting long-delayed bonus payments took a step forward today but still has a ways to go.
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