Charles Town will reduce takeout on double and pick 3 wagers, among several changes, and it will push back post time on Thursday and Friday.
Because of the impending blistering heat, Colonial Downs has moved its first post up to 10:45 for Thursday through Saturday.
A Mandaloun filly showed by Country Life Farm was named the Grand Champion at Sunday’s 92nd annual Yearling Show in Timonium.
Because of the incoming extreme heat, Delaware Park has made several schedule adjustments, including canceling two days of racing.
In a pair of Delaware stakes pulled off the turf, jockey Carol Cedeno notched the first stakes win of her comeback season and Miss Fulton Gal also won.
The Jockeys’ Guild’s Jockey of the Week was a triple dead-heat, with Maryland rider Jeiron Barbosa sharing the honors after his stakes win on Witty.
Colonial Downs kicks off this week, and the first two stakes, both for Virginia-bred or -sired horses, highlight the Saturday card.
Sergio Rabadan, a 42-year-old trainer and apprentice jockey, rode his first-ever race Sunday at Monmouth Park, finishing third.
The hybrid handicapping contest takes place June 27 and features races from Laurel Park and Monmouth Park.
Colonial Downs’s barn area will open June 10 ahead of this summer’s 45-day live racing meet.