Multiple graded stakes winner Post Time will take a “big swing” in Saturday’s Grade 1, nine-furlong Whitney, his first two-turn try.
A television commercial produced for the Virginia Equine Alliance (VEA) titled “Virginia wins with horses” has won a Telly Award.
Eight horses, ranging from the sport’s earliest stars to modern millionaires, are finalists for the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame.
Sunny Breeze ran his career record to 3-for-3 when he posted a hard-fought victory in Sunday’s Concern Stakes at Laurel Park.
Jockey Chris Elliott, an 18-year-old apprentice, got his first stakes win when Reclusive stormed home from last to win Monmouth’s Regret Stakes.
Colonial Downs will add a day of live racing in its final week of the meet to make up for a day earlier lost to bad weather.
The Jockeys’ Guild and racetracks across the country will raise awareness for Disability Independence Day and funds for the PDJF July 27.
Dornoch gamely fended off Mindframe to win Saturday’s Grade 1 Haskell for his second straight big win, and his connections have a championship in sight.
Two Graham Motion-trained runners, topped by graded stakes winner Sparkle Blue, figure to be tough in Sunday’s Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park.
In three of Saturday’s four Virginia restricted stakes at Colonial Downs, last year’s winners hope to defend their crowns, including two seeking threepeats.