Triple Crown winner Justify stands astride the racing world, now rated the top in the two NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls.
Four-year-old Lift Up earned her first stakes win and her fifth victory in six starts in Saturday’s Miss Liberty at Monmouth Park.
Maryland-bred Still Having Fun stormed from the rear of the field to give trainer Tim Keefe his first graded stakes win, in the G2 Woody Stephens.
Maryland-bred Our Braintrust rallied to post an upset in the $150,000 Tremont Stakes for juveniles at Belmont Park on Friday.
Justify had what trainer Bob Baffert termed a “good day” in his final exercise before Saturday’s bid for a Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes.
Trainer Joe Pierce, Jr., a Monmouth Park fixture, passed away Thursday at age 90.
Bonus Points was clearly best in last year’s Maryland Million Classic and will take a step towards a defense in a Laurel Park allowance on Saturday.
Justify had his first trip around the Belmont Park oval and left trainer Bob Baffert more than pleased with what he saw.
The Totally Thoroughbred horse show, originally scheduled for July 7, will now take place at Pimlico October 7, delayed as a result of heavy rains in recent weeks.
Justify has been installed as the 4-5 favorite for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, where a win will secure a Triple Crown for the undefeated Bob Baffert trainee.