
American Pharoah among 35 invited to Haskell
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah heads the roster of horses invited to Monmouth’s Haskell Invitation to date, with more still to come.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah heads the roster of horses invited to Monmouth’s Haskell Invitation to date, with more still to come.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the Charles Town Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association have agreed to terms on a new contract.

With announcer Dave Rodman in California this summer, Pete Medhurst, known for calling harness racing and Navy sports, will call Laurel’s July meet.

Injured jockey Sheldon Russell will meet with doctors Thursday and, if he gets the high sign, aim to resume riding in July.

It’s American Pharoah and then everybody else in the June 23 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.

The weekend’s mid-Atlantic stakes winners… Grade 3 Obeah, Delaware Park Luna Time trained by Graham Motion ridden by Forest Boyce owned by Dorsey Brown &

Dame Dorothy and Stellar Wind — leading their respective divisions of the Top Midlantic-bred Poll — both scored in graded events this weekend.

Eddie Plesa’s Mr. Jordan rediscovered his 2-year-old form in taking Saturday’s G3 Pegasus, while Saucy Don bested NJ-breds in the Dan Horn at Monmouth.

With Forest Boyce in the irons, Luna Time, trained by Graham Motion, posted a 15-1 upset to win the Grade 3 Obeah at Delaware Park Saturday.

Suffolk Downs’s closure and the horse shortage have meant trouble for New Englanders like trainer Bill Sienkewicz, who’s fighting on at Delaware Park.
Bodhisattva, the Laurel Park-based runner who finished last in the Preakness, will try his luck in the G3 Pegasus at Monmouth, trainer Jose Corrales said.

Grade 1 winners and Top Midlantic-bred Poll leaders Dame Dorothy and Stellar Wind are both in action this weekend.
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