Horse of the Year candidate Accelerate is the morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park.
The 34th annual Maryland Million day will take place October 19 at Laurel Park.
Parx assistant racing secretary Tom Creel will take over as racing secretary at Delaware Park.
Friday’s Stronach 5 features one race each from Laurel Park and Santa Anita and three from Gulfstream.
Delaware Park will have a slightly longer meet in 2019 than it has in recent years.
Steuart Pittman, founder of the Retired Racehorse Project, will receive the 2018 EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award from the US Equestrian Federation.
Timeless Curls emphatically won the first stake of her career in the Nellie Morse Saturday at Laurel Park, while General Downs also earned his first stakes win.
Jockeys Trevor McCarthy, Horacio Karamanos, and Jomar Torres all were taken to the hospital after a nasty spill at Laurel Park.
The improving Timeless Curls will look for her fourth straight win in Saturday’s Nellie Morse Stakes at Laurel Park.
The Todd Pletcher-trained, New York-based Bonus s best work at Laurel Park, where he’ll tackle the Native Dancer Stakes Saturday.