Three races offering points on the road to the Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown are scheduled for this weekend, with one having a Midlantic flavor.
With eight wins including a stakes triumph last week, jockey Trevor McCarthy earned Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week honors.
Laurel Park-based Miss Leslie is riding a three-race win streak as she takes her show on the road to Aqueduct for Sunday’s Ladies Handicap.
Maryland-based Wondrwherecraigis breezed a half-mile Saturday at Pimlico in preparation for the Dec. 19 Gravesend Stakes at Aqueduct.
New Jersey-bred Horologist made her first start since last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff a winning one in the Top Flight Invitational at Aqueduct.
Pickin’ Time, a New Jersey-bred trained by Kelly Breen, scored in the Grade 3 Nashua Saturday and will look for Kentucky Derby points in the Remsen next.
Independence Hall dazzled in winning the Nashua, and trainer Mike Trombetta hopes he’ll stamp himself a Derby contender in Wednesday’s Jerome at Aqueduct.
Bridgetown Stakes winner Regally Irish, from the same family as Irish War Cry, could land next in the James Murphy on the Preakness undercard.
The Santa Anita Park situation needs to be a lesson to the Thoroughbred industry: define a crisis response protocol now, and not after an issue becomes a disaster.
Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Knicks Go and Monmouth-based Mind Control are among the headliner’s in Saturday’s G3 Gotham Stakes.
