A Mandaloun filly showed by Country Life Farm was named the Grand Champion at Sunday’s 92nd annual Yearling Show in Timonium.
Because of the incoming extreme heat, Delaware Park has made several schedule adjustments, including canceling two days of racing.
In a pair of Delaware stakes pulled off the turf, jockey Carol Cedeno notched the first stakes win of her comeback season and Miss Fulton Gal also won.
The Jockeys’ Guild’s Jockey of the Week was a triple dead-heat, with Maryland rider Jeiron Barbosa sharing the honors after his stakes win on Witty.
Colonial Downs kicks off this week, and the first two stakes, both for Virginia-bred or -sired horses, highlight the Saturday card.
Sergio Rabadan, a 42-year-old trainer and apprentice jockey, rode his first-ever race Sunday at Monmouth Park, finishing third.
The hybrid handicapping contest takes place June 27 and features races from Laurel Park and Monmouth Park.
Colonial Downs’s barn area will open June 10 ahead of this summer’s 45-day live racing meet.
Alberto Delgado, a former jockey now training, picked up the first win of his training career Sunday at Laurel Park with In Honor of Jeff.
Four June 27 stakes at Laurel Park, including the De Francis Dash, will receive purse boosts of $25,000.
