Colonel Sharp impressed in a front-running allowance win over a field that included the comebacking multiple graded stakes winner Something Awesome.
The two-day test of sports betting at Penn National began Thursday and concludes Friday.
Wintry weather forced the cancellation of racing at Laurel Park Thursday, making it a clean sweep in the region.
With winter weather rolling through the Mid-Atlantic, Charles Town has canceled its Thursday evening card.
Saratoga Bob, fresh off a win in the Maryland Million Classic, is the second choice in a second-level allowance Thursday at Laurel Park.
The March 2019 HBPA convention will be keynoted by a panel from the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation, a sort of racing think tank.
The Jockeys’ Guild annual assembly will be in Las Vegas, and the group urges all jockeys to participate.
The Jose Corrales trainee Unbridled Juan surged late to overtake Dalmore and win his second consecutive stake, this in the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel Park.
Known for his skill with juveniles, trainer Wesley Ward has three horses pointed at Laurel Park’s two Saturday stakes for two-year-olds.
Multiple-graded stakes winner Something Awesome will make his first start since May in Saturday’s Richard Small Stakes.
