A pair of stakes for non-winners of a stake slated for opening weekend at Laurel Park have drawn nearly five dozen nominations.
Trainer Kelly Breen will send out a pair of logical contenders in Monmouth’s two Saturday juvenile stakes, the Sorority and the Sapling.
Breeders of horses bred and sired in Maryland that break their maidens in-state will receiv a 50 percent bonus, starting with the Laurel Park fall meet.
The catalog for the two-day Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale is now available online, the company said.
The average daily handle at the just-completed Laurel Park summer meet rose by more than 25 percent, the Maryland Jockey Club said.
Delaware Park and the state’s horsemen’s group have agreed to a one-year contract extension guaranteeing 81 days of live racing in 2018.
For the second time in three years, Fuzzy Muzzle took the Charles Hesse III Handicap to highlight Monmouth’s New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival Day.
Maryland-bred Ginger N Rye stormed to an impressive victory in the Smart N Fancy Stakes at Saratoga, the first stakes win by a Midlantic-bred on the Saratoga flat this year.
Just Call Kenny bided his time before bursting clear to a four-length win in the G3 Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park Saturday.
Because of high entry volume, the Fasig-Tipton fall yearling sale in Timonium will take place over two days rather than the one originally scheduled.