Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal will miss 60 days with bone bruising sustained during his victory in the final leg of the Triple Crown.
Off to the Races returns to the airwaves July 2 with a packed show featuring Delaware Oaks chatter, plus trainer Larry Rivelli, Derby Bill, and more.
Former Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra has stepped down from his role as president and COO of Equibase.
The improving Nimitz Class will take a three-race win streak into Saturday’s Concern Stakes at Laurel Park, which has drawn a short but talented field.
Stakes winner The Grass Is Blue ran a good one in her first in Graham Motion’s barn and will look to build on that in Saturday’s Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s Grade 3 Delaware Oaks has attracted four horses that have won stakes, among them Morning Matcha, and the unbeaten Republique.
Wow Whata Summer, 83-1 upset winner of the G2 Penn Mile, will look to make it two straight in Saturday’s Grade 3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.
The first horses arrived on the grounds Monday for the Colonial Downs meet, where live racing kicks off July 11.
Jockey Sheldon Russell, out with injuries for the last nine months, is “really close” to returning to the races, his agent said.
Monmouth Park and BetMakers will offer a $1 million bonus to the connections of a horse sweeping the Haskell, Travers, and Breeders’ Cup Classic.