Shippers Killybegs Captain and Caribou Club took the G3 De Francis Dash and G3 BWI Turf Cup, respectively, on a big day at Laurel Park.
Undefeated Gifted Heart, the only two-time winner in the field, will try for the hat trick in Saturday’s Dickie Moore Stakes at Charles Town Races.
With a bigger purse and longer distance, Laurel’s Selima Stakes may be poised to become more prominent, and trainer Phil Schoenthal’s one who welcomes it.
Trainer T. J. Aguirre, 24, will send out longshot Benny Havens in Saturday’s $200,000 Laurel Futurity — the first stakes starter of his career.
Young trainer Elizabeth Eckert has saddled one horse to date — and English Tudor won and set a track record — in a budding career driven by her love of horses.
Bachelor’s Bait made an impressive debut Saturday at Laurel Park and has her connections thinking of her half-sister, graded winner Tequilita.
Jockeys Kevin Gomez, Ashley Castrenze, and Al Cortez combined for 17 wins at the seven-day Timonium meet — more than their combined Laurel summer total.
The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission on Thursday upheld a one-year ban for trainer Marcus Vitali for interfering and impeding an investigation.
News, notes, and stars from the just-completed 2019 race meeting at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium.
First-off-the-claim Conjecture galloped for trainer Tim Keefe n Sunday’s featured allowance at Timonium – and was claimed again.