Circling the Drain will seek his first career stakes win Sunday against seven rivals in Laurel Park’s Bald Eagle Derby.
Colonial Downs will host its first Grade 1 races, including the “win and you’re in” Beverly D., which grants the winner a berth in the Filly and Mare Turf.
Art Collector, the two-time defending champion, headlines nominations for the August 25 Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.
With a brand-new Top Midlantic-bred Poll out, the leaders of the 3yo and older horse divisions – Angel of Empire and Caravel – are both unanimous.
A pair of Pennsylvania-breds, Carmelina and Going Up, scored in Colonial Downs two-year-old stakes Saturday, with the latter especially impressive.
Ben’s Cat and Mountain Dew, two horses remarkable for excellence over several years, are the newest inductees into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame.
Lightening Larry’s win iin Saturday’s De Francis Dash took a detour when he was vanned off, but the next morning he was “doing fine,” his trainer said.
Lightening Larry was up late to prevail in Saturday’s renewal of the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park.
Delaware Park has announced that it has canceled its scheduled live card for Saturday, July 29 and will run that card August 4 instead.
Colonial Downs and Virginia racing stakeholders have opted to cancel the Saturday, July 29 card, marking the second consecutive canceled day of racing.