Maryland’s love of Ben’s Cat stems from many factors, not the least of which was his perfect timing — race-wise, and career-wise.
Saturday’s Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel Park has come up rough, but for talented longshot You Know Too, it actually offers much-needed class relief.
In which we recap six races of Ben’s Cat’s we’ll always remember.
With the Ben’s Cat celebration slated for Saturday, his owner-breeder-trainer King Leatherbury stopped to reflect on the gelding’s tremendous career.
The December Fasig-Tipton mixed sale in Timonium will include a strengthened horses of racing age supplement to meet strong demand from recent years.
Heel issues affected Page McKenney earlier this year, but trainer Mary Eppler got them fixed, and the recent results show two straight strong performances.
At yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale, 19 horses, including two bred in the Mid-Atlantic, fetched winning bids over $1 million.
Bound to Windsor and William and Mary – both trained by James Casey – ran one-two in the faster division of the WV Futurity last night at Charles Town.
Gun Runner was Gun Runner and the result was a dazzling Breeders’ Cup Classic win; in other BC races, Midlantic-breds struggled.
Long layoffs seemed to catch up with Midlantic-breds Mor Spirit and Stellar Wind yesterday at the Breeders’ Cup, while locally-based Untamed Doman ran big.