Defending Monmouth Park riding champ Paco Lopez, a six-time meet winner there, returns with a seventh title in mind.
Midnight Bisou, dominant winner of the Fleur de Lis on Saturday, leads the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses.
Kelly Breen is one of several trainers who could contend for the Monmouth Park title, with last year’s top two both under indictment.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, slugging it out with Sheldon Russell for leading rider at Laurel Park, won four races Saturday.
Monmouth Park’s meet feature, the Grade 1 Haskell, drew 33 nominations, the track announced Friday, including three from eight-time winner Bob Baffert.
Off to the Races Radio returns Saturday, June 20 with a great show featuring former jockey Julie Krone, the only woman to win a Triple Crown race.
Multiple stakes winner Cordmaker, who nearly upset last year’s G3 Pimlico Special, has been training well towards his return, trainer Rodney Jenkins said.
Stakes winner Ionic and graded stakes-placed Theodora B. will tangle in the Friday allowance feature at Laurel Park.
The Kentucky Derby, delayed from May until the first Saturday in September, will take place in front of spectators, Churchill Downs Inc. said today.
The clubhouse at Pimlico Race Course will reopen for off-track wagering starting Thursday and will be open on a Wednesday through Sunday schedule.