At its annual meeting earlier this week, the Jockeys’ Guild elected new board members and officers, as well as conducting other business.
Multiple graded winner Something Awesome and Unbridled Juan, both from the Jose Corrales barn at Laurel Park, are under consideration for January’s Pegasus World Cup.
Broadcaster Tom Hammond and the late cinematographer Joe Burnham have been selected to the National Museum of Racing’s Media Roll of Honor.
Gunnevera, third in last year’s Pegasus World Cup and second in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, will again tackle the Pegasus World Cup.
Awesome D J was much the best in winning his career debut by almost five in a sharp time for the one-turn mile.
Two new runners — Seeking the Soul and True Timber — are being pointed to the Pegasus World Cup in January at Gulfstream Park.
Maryland-breds Laki and Lewsfield, who have faced off four times this year, are set to meet again in Saturday’s Bender Memorial Stakes at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship is a wide-open affair, with Belial named the 2-1 morning line favorite.
James F. Lewis, III winner Scrap Copper and Tremont victor Our Braintrust square off Saturday in a salty renewal of the Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park.
The latest list of graded stakes includes 42 in the Mid-Atlantic, among them five Grade 1 races and eight Grade 2 events.