Long layoffs seemed to catch up with Midlantic-breds Mor Spirit and Stellar Wind yesterday at the Breeders’ Cup, while locally-based Untamed Doman ran big.
He may be Kentucky-bred, but Sadler’s Joy is Virginia-raised and -owned and will run in the colors of the state’s Woodslane Farm in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf.
More than two dozen horses that have started at Charles Town in recent years have shown up in Breeders’ Cup races, including a two-time BC champ.
Trainers Graham Motion and Mike Stidham both are aiming to take down Breeders’ Cup juvenile races with promising Fair Hill-based runners.
The Virginia-bred Stellar Wind has had two heart-breaking trips to the Breeders’ Cup. Friday she’ll try again to add the Distaff to her collection of major wins.
Maryland racing interests are “all in” on getting a Breeders’ Cup to Laurel Park, state Racing Commission chair Michael Algeo said this week.
Breeders’ Cup CEO Craig Fravel visited Laurel Park today and pronounced himself impressed with the progress the track is making.
Representatives of Breeders’ Cup next month will visit Laurel Park, which is angling to host the event in 2020 or 2021.
How’d the horses with mid-Atlantic connections do in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup action? We have the story.
Finest City lodged an upset in today’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint — a first for trainer Ian Kruljac, who called the win “everything you can do in this game.”