A racing digest of some of the Midlantic stories that were a bit below the radar this past weekend…
The last big card of the year at Penn National features three stakes, topped by the Fabulous Strike, and we have some questions we’ll look to get answered tonight.
T Rex Express ran her record to three-for-three at nine furlongs with a dominant win in the $50,000 My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town.
The Maryland Jockey Club is expected to seek 180 days of live racing at its facilities in 2019 — up from 171 this year — and to make some tweaks to its stakes schedule.
Runnin’toluvya earned his third straight stakes in Saturday’s A Huevo at Charles Town, wrapping up top older male honors at the track.
It’s not avoiding bad steps but promoting good horsemanship that is critical to avoiding fatal breakdowns, Dr. Susan Stover told a Beyond the Wire-sponsored seminar.
During the just-completed Breeders’ Cup, the boys were fine – but it was clearly the fillies’ turn to shine.
Scottish Man, a 12-1 outsider, remained perfect in two two-turn starts at Charles Town with an upset win in Saturday’s West Virginia Futurity.
Jaywalk dominated the BC Juvenile Fillies, and two other horses with Midlantic connections ran huge on Breeders’ Cup Friday.
Discreet Lover is set to be the latest in a growing line of runners to compete in both the Charles Town Classic and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in the same year.