Trainer Tom Howard’s month couldn’t have started any worse — but it ended up in smiles with a De Francis Dash win today at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s De Francis Dash day card might be the best Laurel Park card in years. How good? We say 29 percent better than last year’s.
More than three dozen Facebook commenters were nearly unanimous: California Chrome deserves Horse of the Year honors.
In an upbeat meeting today, the Maryland Racing Commission signed off on the Maryland Jockey Club’s request to run at least 162 days of live racing in 2017.
Make it three wins in four tries in Charles Town’s My Sister Pearl Stakes for Red Hot Diva, who won the event again Saturday evening.
Apprentice jockey Ashley Castrenze broke four ribs in an October spill at Laurel Park and figures to be out until later this month.
Despite a solid October, Mid-Atlantic claiming activity to date this year is 18 percent behind 2015 levels, according to our Claimbox report.
Sunday’s Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park hopes to drum up excitement for the event itself. Let’s say that excitement is still developing.
Charitable Annuity turned the tables on West Virginia Breeders Classic winner Slip the Cable, wearing him down late to win the A Huevo Stakes at Charles Town.
Finest City lodged an upset in today’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint — a first for trainer Ian Kruljac, who called the win “everything you can do in this game.”