Among the highlights for the fall stakes schedule at Laurel Park are the October 21 Maryland Million and the G3 De Francis Dash, shifted to mid-September.
Jockey Julian Pimentel was injured in a training accident and might miss up to 12 weeks, his agent said.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will saddle morning line favorite It TIz Well in Saturday’s Delaware Oaks, where she’ll face Black-Eyed Susan winner Actress.
Saturday’s Grade 3 Robert Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park will be headlined by Zipessa, already a graded winner, in a nine-horse field.
Firsters Nauti Buoy and Madame X, both making their debuts, impressed in taking maiden special weight races at Laurel Sunday.
Bigger Picture, a 10-1 outsider, set a Monmouth Park record while narrowly upsetting yesterday’s Grade 1 United Nations Stakes.
Twenty-five-year-old trainer Noah Abramson’s first two starters, both at Laurel Park, have been winners, which isn’t a bad way to start a career.
At Sunday’s 83rd annual MHBA Yearling Show, a pair of horses from Chanceland Farm took the highest honors.
Two new turf starter handicaps have been added to what will now be an 11-race Maryland Million program this October.
Daylight Ahead went to the lead and held off her rivals to win today’s Jameela Stakes at Laurel Park.