The 171 days the Maryland Jockey Club today requested from the state Racing Commission for 2018 represent a nine-day increase over 2017.
Handle at Delaware Park rose nearly two percent during 2017 versus the prior year even though starters per race declined slightly.
Young jockey Nik Jaurez won three races — topped by Bonus Points taking the Maryland Million Classic — on his return home today.
Dortmund, who won a pair of Grade 1 races including the Santa Anita Derby, headlines the list of new sires standing in Maryland for 2018.
Two-time winners Margie’s Money and Limited View square off in what figures to be an exciting Maryland Million Lassie for two-year-old fillies Saturday.
Madefromlucky, a multiple graded stakes winner by Lookin At Lucky, will stand stud at Maryland’s Northview Stallion Station in 2018.
“Miracles happen” in racing, says Dr. Stephen Sinatra, who’s hoping for one more Saturday with his two-time Md. Million Classic winner Admirals War Chest.
The 2017 Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award, presented by Maryland Million, goes to Mary Shunk, director of The Retreat at Beckleysville.
Alliance, an unraced half-brother to champion Tepin by top sire Harlan’s Holiday, will enter stud duties in 2018 at Maryland’s Bonita Farm.
Madame Milan, half-sister to Barbaro and final offspring of their dam La Ville Rouge, broke her maiden today at Laurel Park.