Ben’s Cat, the seemingly ageless fan favorite who helped propel trainer King Leatherbury into the Hall of Fame, has died from complications from colic surgery.
“It’s bittersweet, but I’m excited to see where the road leads me,” says Gabby Gaudet, whose final day at the MJC was July 16.
Frostmourne was the star of Saturday’s DelCap undercard, delivering a smashing win in the G3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.
Songbird’s expected Delaware Handicap coronation turned into a dogfight, but in the end, she gave owner Rick Porter his first DelCap win.
The Delaware Handicap figures to be the Songbird show. But … meet the five horses with designs on spoiling the party.
Proportionality looks to be yet another good Sagamore Farm runner, as she won at first asking today at Laurel Park.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer’s It Tiz Well traveled east and took home the money, winning the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks.
For the eighth time in 21 years, a Graham Motion trainee won the G3 Robert Dick Memorial as Guilty Twelve won a thriller at Delaware Park.
This year’s Maryland state fair at Timonium will include the $75,000 Coalition Stakes and $185,000 in daily overnight purses.
Ben’s Cat — called “Maryland’s horse” by jockey Trevor McCarthy — was retired today by owner-trainer King T. Leatherbury.