Fanniebellefleming scored 10-1 upset in the Donna Freyer Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park, one of two longshots to win South Carolina residency races.
Laurel Park will for the first time Saturday host a pair of stakes races restricted to horses who spent time in South Carolina; the races previously were run at Parx.
Charles Town for the first time is racing Thanksgiving night — the only North American Thoroughbred track to do so — and hopes for a big wagering night.
The $200,000 Fabulous Strike and two other stakes headline a 10-race Thanksgiving eve card at Penn National.
T Rex Express, five times the runner-up in stakes company, broke through in a big way to win the My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town on Saturday.
Romantic Cork, who held on to win the WVBC Distaff last month, will look to strike again in Saturday’s $50,000 My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town.
For the third straight year, an impressive John Servis-trained runner — this time A DIfferent Style — came to Laurel to take a juvenile stake.
On the day when Ben’s Cat was laid to rest at Laurel Park, his owner-breeder-trainer King Leatherbury found the winner’s circle with another old time Cat.
Saturday’s A Huevo Stakes at Charles Town will reconvene the top trio from the WV Breeders Classic in winner Charitable Annuity, North Atlantic, and Weekend Liberty.
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.