A federal judge today issued a temporary restraining order preventing Monmouth Park and other New Jersey venues from accepting wagers on major pro sports.
Start Puffing blew up the Laurel Park toteboard today when she scored at 86-1 under apprentice Vanessa Ryall.
On tap: No stakes in the region but some intriguing allowance and maiden tilts.
Saturday’s International Gold Cup at Great Meadow will include both steeplechase and flat racing and could be a blueprint for racing’s Virginia future.
There’s little change in the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll, as Real Solution and Miss Behaviour remain at the head of the class.
In today’s NewsBrief, headlines from the region’s racing industry.
Just two of the 201 Breeders’ Cup pre-entrants were bred in the mid-Atlantic, one each in Virginia and Maryland.
Delaware Park’s meet closed with a drop in handle despite strong business on its signature Delaware Handicap and Oaks cards.
Claiming activity plummeted, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
Larry Reed claimed Outbacker for $12,500, and a few months later won the $51,000 Maryland Million Starter Handicap — an outcome he calls a dream come true.
In the fourth of his Handicapping Zen series, Bobby Zen discusses trainers and jocks.
After the two biggest races of Maryland Million day, one trainer fought back tears, while one owner couldn’t stop talking.
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