Among the biggest changes to the stakes schedule at Monmouth in 2018 will be the track’s five event days, each anchored by at least two graded stakes.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic tops the first NTRA Top 3-year-old Poll, while Gun Runner leads among older horses.
In the Navy Now posted her second straight win today in the Nellie Morse Stakes, wins that snapped a five-race second-place streak.
Afleet Willy made all the running en route to an easy win in the Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park.
Stakes winner Line of Best Fit, who stumbled and lost her rider last out, returns looking for redemption in Saturday’s Nellie Morse Stakes at Laurel Park.
Multiple stakes winners Limited View and Whirlin Curlin, both entering off defeats, look to get back on track in a pair of Laurel sophomore stakes.
Saturday’s Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park looks to be a battle between multiple stakes winners John Jones and Afleet Willy.
Unsurprisingly, Gun Runner was named Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards, while PA-bred Unique Bella won the female sprinter title.
Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and like 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner is 4-5 on the morning line for Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream.
The tragic fire which killed 46 horses at San Luis Rey training center was the clear winner as NTRA Moment of the Year.