Claimbox: 2017 claiming activity rises, tops $24 million
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic region rose 6 percent in 2017, with the value of those claims topping $24 million, according to our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic region rose 6 percent in 2017, with the value of those claims topping $24 million, according to our Claimbox report.
Favorite Tale won for the first time since 2015, and Bishop’s Pond continued a late-career surface switch to score in Laurel Park stakes today.
Three Midlantic-breds — Unique Bella, Stellar Wind, and All the Way Jose — are finalists for Eclipse Awards, to be announced later this month.
In the face of what it called “extreme cold weather,” Laurel Park has canceled its Sunday, New Year’s Eve card.
Just a month after a nearly disastrous spill, two-year-old Diamond King got back on track with a win in the Heft Stakes at Laurel Park.
Jockey Kendrick Carmouche scored twice today at Parx Racing to surpass the 3,000-win mark for his career.
We review Missionville, the horse racing novel by former exercise rider Alex Brown.
Following a cobalt positive for runner-up Blu Moon Ace, the 2018 De Francis Dash result is in dispute pending the outcome of an appeal.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic region is up around seven percent versus 2016, with more than $22 million in horses claimed through November 30, in our claimbox report.
The 2018 stakes schedule at Charles Town was put on hold by the state Racing Commission today amid concern that the CT Classic purse of $1.2 million is too high.