The West Virginia Racing Commission has given Charles Town Races and Mountaineer Park 45 days to apply for NTRA safety and integrity accreditation.
Undefeated Songbird is the overwhelming favorite in the Grade 1 Cotillion, while Kentucky Derby champ Nyquist heads the G2 Pennsylvania Derby.
The latest updated ARCI model rules include a new safety provision and a new rule pertaining to multi-selection wagers.
Covey Trace upset the G3 Charles Town Oaks to give her trainer — and jockey — their first graded stakes victories.
Some 219 horses were nominated to Laurel Park’s upcoming Commonwealth Day, which features three graded and five Virginia-bred stakes.
Jockey Victor Carrasco, injured since early August, has a single mount at Laurel Park today and then a busy weekend as he makes his return to riding.
Saturday’s Pink Ribbon looks like a Sugar Maple S. reunion, plus odds and analysis of the field.
The brief Monmouth-at-the-Meadowlands meeting opening September 28 will feature 15 percent takeout on all wagers — win-place-show as well as exotics.
The Grade 1 Cotillion and Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby look to attract some of the top three-year-old talent in the country.
Total weekend wagering (with one extra day) at Laurel Park nearly doubled that of the same weekend in 2015, the track announced.