Paco Lopez won both Colonial Downs stakes Saturday, including an upset over Barbadian Runner aboard Inveigled in the Yorktown.
Firm turf lover Neat and soft turf fan Fulmineo clash in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark Stakes at Laurel Park.
Two-year-old Pascaline posted a good-looking score in Saturday’s Laurel Futurity in just his second career start.
Maryland-bred Fulmineo, cross-entered in the G2 Secretariat and G1 Saratoga Derby, will head north to the Spa, trained Arnaud Delacour said.
Fulmineo won the Boston Stakes — a prep for the G2 Secretariat — at Colonial Downs on a Saturday featuring three stakes.
Balnikhov, winless in nine starts, rallied from last to win the G3 Dinner Party over the boggy going at Pimlico on the Preakness undercard.
The Triple Crown nominations released earlier this week include a half-dozen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic and a larger number based here.
Maryland-bred and -based Fulmineo has his connections excited as he readies to run in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
Interstatedaydream’s career is just about over. Air Recruit’s is only beginning. And both of them logged stakes wins Saturday at Laurel Park.
A full field will face morning line favorite Hoosier Philly in Friday’s renewal of the G3 Charles Town Oaks, the nation’s richest sprint for 3yo fillies.