River Thames, recently third in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes, will skip the Kentucky Derby and point instead to the Preakness Stakes May 17.
Off since November, It’s Hammertime returned ready to roll, taking a stakes-quality allowance in a sharp score.
Jockey Forest Boyce was injured Sunday at Laurel Park but she seemed to escape the worst of it.
With Saturday’s Lexington Stakes in the books, all of the races on the Kentucky Derby trail are complete, and who might run comes into focus.
Cataleya Strike parlayed a perfect trip to a win in Saturday’s Native Dancer at Laurel for his first career stakes win.
Worcester continued his strong East Coast form with a rallying victory in the Whiteley Stakes at Laurel Park Saturday, his first stakes win.
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Regally-bred Agreed and Weekend Wife, a half to Wood Memorial show horse Passion Rules, scored at first asking Friday at Laurel Park.
Speedyness and Film Star finished heads apart in the Manfuso Stakes in December and will meet again in Saturday’s Native Dancer at Laurel.
Maggie’s Girl, a two-time stakes winner in 2024, headlines a crowded and contentious field for Charles Town’s first ’25 stake, the Original Gold.