Irish War Cry, the New Jersey-bred who won the Wood Memorial, will make his next start Saturday in the Belmont Stakes.
An evenly matched group of eight fillies is set to face the starter in Saturday’s Penn Oaks at Penn National.
The Grade 2, $500,000 Penn Mile anchors a day with seven stakes and more than $1.5 million in total purses.
The latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll is largely on hold, awaiting the Belmont Stakes and additional top races for older horses.
Irish Strait, the older brother of Irish War Cry, powered to victory in today’s Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Forty-two horses are nominated to the Grade 2 Penn Mile, which anchors a seven-stake card at Penn National.
With a big carryover from Preakness weekend, the Pimlico Pick 6 lit up the toteboard for more than $180,000 today.
The so-called Horseracing Integrity Act would create a national authority to oversee horse racing’s medication rules and testing and prohibit raceday medications.
Trainer Steve Asmussen earned the $50,000 bonus from Pimlico for his horses’ performances in Preakness weekend stakes.
Laurel Park will host 21 stakes worth $1.6 million during its summer meeting, which begins June 9.