Saturday’s Maryland Pride Day served as a celebration of the state’s racing past, present, and future, with four stakes races and the induction of two Hall of Famers.
Three-time stake winner William and Mary is 9-5 on the morning line for the Leavitt Memorial Stakes Saturday — a key prep for the WV Breeders Classics in October.
Around the barn they call him “Panda Bear” because of his calm demeanor and love of treats, but on the track Dr. Feelgood has been all business in winning three straight.
Trainer Chris Kolb and wife Nancy Jo are enjoying a nice run at Charles Town this year, helped in part by two siblings who broke their maidens just a week apart.
A pair of sophomore, Miz Mayhem and Whereshetoldmetogo, won Laurel Park stakes on Saturday and look to have a chance to shoot for bigger things.
While just one WV Breeders Classic “Win and You’re In” race has been run so far, six more are on the docket in the next couple months prior to WVBC 2018.
Trainer Jeff Runco has had high hopes for Opera Nite from day one, and the three-year-old is delivering, Thursday night winning his second straight.
Three-year-old Hot Headed Gal, who narrowly averted death in the disastrous San Luis Rey fire, looks to go two-for-two in her career tonight at Charles Town.
The Tim Grams trainee Moonlit Song was a late scratch from her last start but is set to return in tonight’s Fancy Buckles at Charles Town.
Maryland-bred Lewisfield, trained at Charles Town by Jeff Runco, will make his graded stakes debut in the G3 Maryland Sprint Saturday at Pimlico.