For the second straight Sunday, apprentice rider Charlie Marquez posted a hat trick, winning three races at Laurel Park.
Dominant Wide Country Stakes winner Naughty Thoughts will look to double up in Saturday’s Beyond the Wire Stakes at Laurel Park.
Laurel Park will resume its live racing schedule Friday, but it will do so without having fans present, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.
The Stronach Group announced it will prevent horses formerly trained by several trainers indicted on Monday from running for a 60-day “stand-down” period.
The rate of equine fatalities dropped in 2019 to its lowest level since the creation of the Equine Injury Database, the Jockey Club reports.
Big City Bob will make his first start since last October’s G1 Champagne, in which he finished third, in Saturday’s Private Terms for 3yo at Laurel Park.
With the news about Maximum Security this week, Saudi Cup runner-up Midnight Bisou took the top spot in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, with Authentic atop the 3-year-old poll.
Trainers Jorge Navarro and Jason Servis were the biggest names among 27 indicted Monday on federal charges that they illegally doped racehorses.
Saturday’s Off to the Races Radio will feature trainer Jeremiah O’Dwyer and Pete Peterson of the Pennsylvania Equine Coalition.
Longtime Maryland Jockey Club employee Jillian Tullock will return to the company as the new racing secretary.
