Four runners who won Maryland Million races in 2015 are pre-entered for Saturday’s big event, including the winners of the Classic, Turf, and Ladies.
Trainer James W. Casey registered his 1,000th career victory last night at Charles Town Races with the aptly named Coach Casey.
Slip the Cable dominated the WVBC Classic yesterday at Charles Town, on a night when the event set a handle record — and he wasn’t the only one to have a good night.
Horses bred in the mid-Atlantic accounted for 62 percent of yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale’s total volume — and the top two sellers.
The average and gross sales both rose today at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, while the buyback rate declined.
Total mid-Atlantic handle rose in September versus the prior month, but the average daily handle fell.
Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Yearlings sale brings together some with leading sires and flashy pedigrees and some with more regional bloodlines. A few to watch.
Four-year-old Chief Istan won his first stakes today in a rugged renewal of the $75,000 Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park.
Mary Eppler trainee Lovable Lady took today’s Politely Stakes at Laurel Park for her second consecutive stakes victory.
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale takes place Tuesday, and several market participants said they were cautiously hopeful about the event.
