With a hard fought win in the San Diego Handicap, Maximum Security moved into the top five in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses.
The winner of this year’s Grade 1 Preakness will get an automatic berth a month later in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic — a first for a Triple Crown race.
Jockey-turned-trainer Elvis Trujillo recorded his first training victory Saturday at Laurel Park when Voodoo Valley (6-1) scored in a claiming race.
Favored Warrior’s Charge needed help from the stewards, who disqualified first-past-the-post Pirate’s Punch, to win the Grade 3 Iselin at Monmouth Park.
After trying to find ways to have fans, Churchill Downs today announced the Kentucky Derby would take place without fans.
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, typically the anchor of the Preakness eve card, will instead take place on Preakness day this year.
Arch Cat, a stakes-placed winner of 13 races, scored a 10-1 upset in today’s Laurel Park feature, a $55,000 open allowance for older runners.
Onetime jockey Elvis Trujillo, whose career included 2,100 wins, is back in the entries: now as a trainer, with a runner Friday at Laurel Park.
The Jockey Club has chosen two new members for its board of stewards: the veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage and breeder William Farish, Jr.
With a hard fought win in the San Diego Handicap, Maximum Security moved into the top five in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses.