Joe De Francis sought to create a race that would be a “lasting tribute” to his father. But he’s not sure he likes it being called historic.
Laurel Park officials had improvise Saturday when an error in the initial order of finish for race seven went official, affecting the superfecta payout.
Whenigettoheaven wore down Determined Kingdom to win the Ben’s Cat Stakes at Laurel for the second straight year.
Bosserati, who keeps turning up in big spots for trainer Brittany Russell, will tackle defending champ Alla Breve in Saturday’s Jameela at Laurel.
In her first start in nine months, three-year-old Lil’ Regard replicated her debut, rallying from last to win a Laurel Park allowance.
Roja ran pretty well on the dirt. But her pedigree — and jockey Irad Ortiz — said turf was what she really wanted. They were right.
With four seven-figure horses, Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic two-year-old sale overcame difficult headwinds to set a record.
Journalism, seemingly hopelessly beaten in mid-stretch, regrouped, rallied and ran down Gosger late to win one final Preakness thriller at Pimlico.
Maybe it was inevitable. Maybe there had to be, you know, something unusual to happen this weekend at Pimlico. Given the history and all.
Nearly three dozen Minnesotans will head to Pimlico Saturday to cheer on Minnesota-owned Pay Billy, his owners’ first horse.