Trainer Kieron Magee reached 1,000 wins Sunday with a score at Timonium, cementing a journey that seen him rise from dark places.
Owner David Hughes was all smiles after Response Time upset the Timonium Distaff Stakes and helped his barn snap a losing streak.
On a day when speed killed, out-of-town riders said the key to Charles Town was having the right horse — including Charles Town Oaks winner Vahva.
Once a $25,000 claim, four-year-old Benevengo is favored in Friday’s Russell Road Stakes, and his owner thinks the best is yet to come.
The 2023 Timonium race meet is set to kick off August 25 with seven days of live racing at a meet topped by two stakes and plenty of events.
Axel Concepcion, an 18-year-old apprentice rider, logged the first stakes win of his career aboard Field Pass in Saturday’s Find Stakes at Laurel Park.
After a bout of seconditis in recent stakes, trainer Graham Motion said Dataman saved his weekend with a sharp score in the Bald Eagle Derby at Laurel Park.
The racing gods smiled on Colonial Downs Arlington Million day: The Secretariat statue and a Tweedy were there, and a Va-bred won the G2 Secretariat Stakes.
The Maryland Racing Commission today approved a 9-day September meet at PImlico even as plans to close the track for training come into focus.
In her first try around two turns, Great Spirit passed the test with flying colors to win the Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.