After a season in which he won nine times, the oft-claimed Uncaptured Storm, who raced in the Mid-Atlantic, has been named claiming horse of the year.
Jockey Larry Reynolds, a winner of nearly 3,400 races in a career that ended in 2013, is mounting a comeback at age 53 and has two wins so far.
The nation’s winningest horse this year, Dulcimer Dame, resides at Charles Town Races, where she’s racked up seven 2023 wins for trainer Anthony Farrior.
After a torrid January, trainer Anthony Farrior has 37 wins to date in 2023, eight more than any other trainer in the nation.
Two-year-old Honeyquist will try his luck in Saturday’s James Lewis III Stakes at Laurel, and if he improves, his trainer likes his chances.
In a frantic finish that summed up the season, two-year-old filly Marz Express held off the closers to win the Eleanor Casey Memorial at Charles Town.
After big upsets in earlier stakes, supremacy in Charles Town’s two-year-old filly division is at stake Saturday in the Eleanor Casey Memorial.
Saturday’s juvenile West Virginia Breeders’ Classics (WVBC) 2yo stakes could bring some clarity to a division in which upsets have been the norm.
Angel Cruz finished with a flourish to take the Timonium riding title, Anthony Farrior cruised to the trainer crown, and more.
One winning owner blew kisses to the Timonium crowd Sunday, which is kinda how things are at the Big T. Plus a preview of the weekend to come.
