Two year-old filly Aye a Song earned her third stakes win Saturday night in the West Virginia Futurity at Charles Town Races.
A crowd estimated to be near 400 people attended Friday’s town hall meeting at Laurel Park to discuss the future of Maryland racing.
With the retirement of longtime director of racing Mike Dempsey, Monmouth Park this week named Michael Anifantis to that position.
Filly Aye a Song nearly beat males in the Tri-State Futurity, and with her main rival not in the West Virginia Futurity, figures to seal the deal Saturday.
Saturday’s allowance feature at Laurel Park will be a showdown including two stakes-winning distaffers; plus Laurel Park racing notes.
Laurel Park unveiled a nearly $2 million winter stakes schedule, topped by the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie and Grade 3 General George in February.
Ben’s Cat is among 45 nominated to next Wednesday’s Fabulous Strike at Penn National, where a win would mark his fourth in the event.
Among the Maryland Racing Commission’s decisions today: approving two stakes as “Win and You’re In” races for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan.
The state Racing Commission today approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s request to run 153 days of live racing 2016 — an increase over ’15.
The weekend’s MIdlantic stakes winners, summed up.