The stakes-placed Clear Vision bounced back from a disappointing effort at Pimlico to win Laurel Park’s featured allowance on Sunday.
Coconut Cake, winner of three straight, is aiming at the Maryland Million DIstaff, trainer Tim Keefe said.
Eight-year-old Almanaar returned from a 16-month break to defend his title in the Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes Saturday.
Trevor McCarthy rode three stakes favorites among the five Virginia-restricted stakes Friday at Laurel Park, and he booted all three home to victory.
Off to the Races soldiers on with a podcast and a new format, featuring one longer, in-depth interview, today with Carol Holden of West Virginia Breeders Classics.
Edward P. Evans Stakes winner Largent is 2-5 on the morning line for Friday’s Bert Allen Stakes for Va-breds, which tops the Laurel Park card.
Nonna Madeline held off Royal Flag by a nose in a thrilling renewal of the Lady’s Secret Stakes Wednesday at Monmouth Park.
The fall stakes schedule at Laurel Park will feature nearly three dozen races with combined purses of more than $3.2 million, including the Maryland Million.
With the cancellation of the Colonial Downs race meet, five stakes for Virginia-bred or -sired horses will take place Friday at Laurel Park.
Off a thrilling win in the Preakness, Swiss Skydiver is movin’ on up in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses.
