A contentious field is set for the Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks Friday, and trainer Saffie Joseph’s pair includes G3 Miss Preakness winner Mystic Lake.
Fresh off a win in the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup, The Grey Wizard brings his show to Delaware Park Wednesday in the Cape Henlopen Stakes.
Skippylongstocking is set to defend his title Friday in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, and a win will get him to just about $3 million in the bank.
Cut From Class, who saw a 3-race win streak snapped when second in the Big Dreyfus, will seek her first stakes win in Sunday’s All Brandy at Laurel Park.
Winless in four starts since last year’s Maryland Million Turf, Wicked Prankster will look to regain his form in Sunday’s Find Stakes at Laurel Park.
Three horses – Alma North, Richard’s Kid, and Shine Again – are the newest members of the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame and will be feted Aug. 23.
Gary Capuano has entered three in each of two Delaware certified stakes Wednesday, with It’s Hammertime leading the way in the Dover.
Trainer Charlie Appleby has the morning line favorite in two of Colonial Downs’s seven stakes Sunday, including the Grade 1 Arlington Million.
Star jockey Frankie Dettori will ride morning line favorite Brilliant Berti in Sunday’s Grade 2 Secretariat Stakes at Colonial Downs.
Jockey Paco Lopez is nearing the 4,000-win milestone, and while he hopes to reach it at Monmouth Park, he’ll need to hurry.
