
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls for August 18
This week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll saw little change, and Wise Dan remained in the lead.

This week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll saw little change, and Wise Dan remained in the lead.
A Virginia-bred carries the flag for the mid-Atlantic region in today’s Saratoga stake.

Weekend stakes results, Top Midlantic-bred runners, and maybe the grass really is greener in the mid-Atlantic…

Frustrated by the slow pace of testing and spurred by horsemen’s consistency concerns, the Delaware Racing Commission voted to change its drug testing lab.

Virginia-bred Valid, third among older horses in the Top Midlantic-bred Poll, is favored in Saturday’s Grade 3 Iselin Stakes at Monmouth.

A pair of Grade 3s at the Shore, a hard-hitting WV-bred, and three from the Top-Midlantic-bred Poll are all on tap!

Racing Commission stewards have imposed fines, points against Delaware trainers Jonathan Sheppard and Scott Peck, though Peck’s case is on appeal.

In the latest Spa Diary, we visit with Midlantic-based consignor Marshall Silverman, who made a successful trip to the Fasig-Tipton NY-bred sale.

Claiming activity rose sharply, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Two Maryland-breds are the Midlantic-bred horses du jour at Saratoga, both trying a steeplechase stake.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will, at its annual TOBA awards dinner, name its breeders and owners of the year.

Conventional wisdom tells us post position really matters, and that Delaware and Monmouth are two tracks where it really pays to be inside. Right? Well…
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