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.
In two stakes for Maryland-breds Saturday at Laurel Park, Robin Graham and Marya Montoya, who had combined for just eight wins this year, came up big.
While racetracks north and south of Laurel are canceling their Saturday cards, De Francis day at Laurel Park is slated to go forward, plus news and notes.
Trainer Jason Servis, indicted as part of a wide-ranging scheme to dope horses, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Trainer Jamie Ness, who lost his first 32 starts, has made up for lost time ever since and on Sunday at Laurel Park won his 4,000th race.
Winless in five previous turf tries, Thirty Thou Kelvin picked a good spot for her breakthrough win: Saturday’s Christiana Stakes at Delaware Park.