Claiming activity was relatively sluggish, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
The six Midlantic-breds to sell during the just-completed Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale achieved results similar to the sale as a whole.
Brice Ridgely, the Maryland breeder who bred champion Declan’s Moon, has passed away.
The NTRA will hold a federal legislative forum for “industry stakeholders and other interested parties” in Saratoga this Thursday.
Three Midlantic-breds sold during the first night of the two-session Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale of yearlings, with six more on tap for tonight.
With Palace Malice’s defeat in the Whitney, Wise Dan retook the top spot in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Nationwide wagering handle declined slightly in July versus that in July 2013 and for the year-to-date continues to lag slightly behind that of last year.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, plus a top jock and two leading runners, in our weekend RaceBrief.
A couple of Monmouth stakes, plus a passel of Midlantic-breds running in added-money events at Saratoga, are on tap this weekend.
Monmouth Park announced that it would reduce overnight purses, becoming the second mid-Atlantic track to do so in recent weeks.