Page McKenney, Divining Rod among salty noms to Laurel stakes
Page McKenney, Divining Rod, and Shimmering Aspen are among some serious horsepower nominated to two Laurel sprint stakes August 12.
Page McKenney, Divining Rod, and Shimmering Aspen are among some serious horsepower nominated to two Laurel sprint stakes August 12.
Swoop, a seven-year-old Maryland-bred trained by Elizabeth Voss for her mother, won today’s Mrs. Ogden Phipps Stakes over jumps at Saratoga.
Special Envoy and Queen Caroline proved best in a pair of Virginia-bred stakes at Laurel Park in June and will try to reprise those efforts on Saturday.
Jockey Sheldon Russell won four Saturday at Laurel Park to move into second behind Victor Carrasco in the standings.
Queen Caroline, a two-time stakes winner at Laurel, is among 95 nominated to four Virginia-bred stakes slated for Laurel August 5.
The new jackpot wager Charles Town will offer starting August 17 will carry a takeout of twelve percent.
New Jersey-bred Irish War Cry — owned by the daughter of Amory Haskell — is favored in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational and will break from the inside post.
Haskell Invitational contender Irish War Cry and jockey Rajiv Maragh “really do have a rapport,” says trainer Graham Motion.
A federal rule that would modernize how taxes on parimutuel winnings are calculated is nearing adoption, according to the Trump Administration.
No Dozing, placed in four graded stakes, is 6-5 on the morning line for the seven-furlong Concern Stakes at Laurel Park.