Afleet Willy romps to Native Dancer score
Afleet Willy made all the running en route to an easy win in the Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park.
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.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Bolt d’Oro and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champ Good Magic top the Jockey Club’s 2-year-old rankings for 2017.
Monmouth Park will sweeten the financial pot for owners and trainers this year to increase field size, as well as opening on Kentucky Derby day.
For the second straight year – this time despite a disappointing second half of the season – Arrogate was named the World’s Best Racehorse.