Jed Doro, racing secretary at Delaware Park, has been named Director of Racing and will replace the retiring John Mooney in this role.
Delaware Park’s executive director of racing John Mooney, a Mid-Atlantic fixture for decades, will retire August 1, the track announced.
The delayed 1 1/2-mile Colonial Cup, the first 12-furlong stake at Colonial Downs, will take place Wednesday with a field of 11.
In the 88th annual Maryland Horse Breeders’ Association (MHBA) yearling show, a Bandbox colt, a Hillwood Stable homebred, took top honors.
Off to the Races returns to the airwaves July 23 with a show featuring trainer TJ Aguirre and owner TK Kuegler, owner of a Haskell hopeful.
With excessive temperatures and heat indexes predicted, Colonial Downs has canceled its live racing card for Monday, July 25.
With brutal heat entering the region, the Maryland Jockey Club will delay the start of its Sunday card until 1:50 p.m.
Grade 3 winner Cordmaker, nearing $1 million in earnings, is back at Laurel Park with trainer Rodney Jenkins to resume training.
In the face of intense heat expected throughout the weekend, Laurel Park has canceled its live card for Sunday, July 24.
The Timonium race meet, the last fair meet on the East Coast, will take place August 26 through September 5 with seven days of live racing.