Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Four of eight horses in the Tesio Stakes are Maryland-bred, and five are Maryland-based, giving the locals what they hope will be a strong hand.
Stakes winner Maythehorsebwithu, newly nominated to the Triple Crown, will breeze this weekend towards a planned start in the Tesio Stakes April 24.
Maryland-based trainer Brittany Russell will have a string of horses stabled at Belmont Park this spring and hopes to have some at Saratoga in the summer.
In a pair of Maryland-bred stakes Saturday at Laurel Park, Whereshetoldmetogo won the seventh stake of his career, while Kiss the Girl won her first.
Some racing headlines from the Mid-Atlantic, including distance changes for two turf stakes, doubles for two trainers, and a solid feature at Parx.
Maythehorsebwithu, an easy winner in the one-mile Miracle Wood, tuned up for next week’s Private Terms with a sharp work Saturday at Laurel Park.
The improving Maythehorsebwithu thrived with added ground today, rolling to victory in the Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park.
With Maryland horsemen dodging bad weather, trainer Brittany Russell sent her three runners pointed at Saturday stakes on a “field trip” to Pimlico.
The improving Kenny Had a Notion will go hunting his fourth stakes win in Saturday’s Miracle Wood at Laurel Park, where he’ll find a familiar foe.
