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.
The annual Totally Thoroughbred show, to benefit the Beyond the Wire horse retirement program, is Sunday at Pimlico.
O Dionysus, unraced since April, may make his return in the Concern Stakes at Laurel Park in July.
In the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, Arrogate remains the unanimous top choice, while three-year-olds aren’t getting much respect from voters.