Lion Hearted, the son of Storm Cat who has stood stud in Maryland since 2001, has died, Northview Stallion Station announced.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays the Pick 6.
Talented five-year-old Rainbow Heir is the morning line favorite for Saturday’s John J. Reilly Handicap at Monmouth Park in his first start of 2015.
A coalition of groups, including the Jockey Club, Breeders’ Cup Limited, and the Water Hay Oats Alliance, will support a federal equine drug testing bill.
Bodhisattva, eighth in the Preakness, will likely head to the Ohio Derby, while Talk Show Man, 11th in the Dixie, may look for a confidence builder next out.
Hilltop Stakes winner Miss Temple City is bound for Royal Ascot and the Coronation Cup, trainer Graham Motion said, while Donworth will run at Belmont.
Quality Rocks and Prize Exhibit – both competitors in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – are the top two choices in Saturday’s Penn Oaks.
Albano, Kid Cruz, and Golden Lad headline a deep edition of the Mountainview Handicap, to be run Saturday evening at Penn National.
The top four in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico — including winner Ben’s Cat — will contest Saturday’s Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup at Penn National.