Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.
Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.
Jockey Jevian Toledo celebrated his birthday Saturday by winning three times at Laurel Park. Then, on Sunday, he won three more and wrapped up the meet riding title.
A win in Saturday’s Mister Diz Stakes would make Ben’s Cat one of just two runners to win the same stake seven consecutive times – and increase his legend.
Thirty years ago, a struggling young trainer won a state-bred stake at Charles Town. Now, Steve Asmussen and the West Virginia Breeders Classics are still going strong.
Awesome Speed doesn’t have the best resume in Saturday’s Preakness, but trainer Alan Goldberg figured it’s worth “taking a shot.”
Sonny Inspired won two local stakes earlier this year and will try his luck against graded foes for trainer Phil Schoenthal on Preakness day.
Runners trained by Jeff Runco and James W. Casey nabbed West Virginia Breeders Classic (WVBC) berths with wins Saturday, and two runners made winning sophomore debuts.
Trainer James W. Casey will send out the last two WV Breeders Classic winners Saturday: Charitable Annuity in the CT Classic and Russell Road in the Confucius Say.
A pair of state-bred stakes on Saturday’s Charles Town Classic card offer “win and you’re in” opportunities for stakes on West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC) night.