RaceBrief for August 18: Greener grass
Weekend stakes results, Top Midlantic-bred runners, and maybe the grass really is greener in the mid-Atlantic…
Weekend stakes results, Top Midlantic-bred runners, and maybe the grass really is greener in the mid-Atlantic…
Virginia-bred Valid, third among older horses in the Top Midlantic-bred Poll, is favored in Saturday’s Grade 3 Iselin Stakes at Monmouth.
A pair of Grade 3s at the Shore, a hard-hitting WV-bred, and three from the Top-Midlantic-bred Poll are all on tap!
Racing Commission stewards have imposed fines, points against Delaware trainers Jonathan Sheppard and Scott Peck, though Peck’s case is on appeal.
Claiming activity rose sharply, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Two Maryland-breds are the Midlantic-bred horses du jour at Saratoga, both trying a steeplechase stake.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will, at its annual TOBA awards dinner, name its breeders and owners of the year.
Conventional wisdom tells us post position really matters, and that Delaware and Monmouth are two tracks where it really pays to be inside. Right? Well…
The PHBA, which represents Pennsylvania breeders, announced the introduction of three new stakes races for horses bred in the Keystone State.
Laurel Park announced today the addition of 10 stakes to the fall schedule: five for Virginia-breds, five for Maryland-breds.