Jockey Trevor McCarthy’s three stakes wins today are the latest sign his career’s in a rapid upswing — but though a young man in a hurry, he’s in no rush.
El Areeb, based at Cal Lynch’s Laurel Park barn, drew first blood of 2017 on the Derby trail with an 11-length win in the G3 Jerome.
Trainer Cal Lynch’s Laurel Park barn will send out three runners in Laurel Park’s two juvenile stakes this Saturday.
Five Maryland-based runners finished first or second in stakes company out of town this past weekend, including four in graded races.
Trainer Cal Lynch’s horses filled out the exacta in Saturday’s James Lewis Stakes at Laurel Park, with El Areeb delivering a breathtaking victory. “Scary good,” Lynch calls him.
El Areeb drew off to an impressive score in today’s James F. Lewis, III Stakes at Laurel Park in his first try against stakes company.
Several highly regarded runners are among the nine juvenile fillies set to contend in Saturday’s Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park.
Grade 3 Pat Day Mile winner Sharp Azteca figures to be a major player in a stacked rewnewal of the City of Laurel Stakes on Saturday.
A pair of pricey colts — Undulated and Holiday Bonus — teamed up with jock Trevor McCarthy Sunday afternoon to break their maidens impressively.
Jockey Feargal Lynch says he lost a decade after being charged with race-fixing in England. But now he’s atop Pimlico’s standings and looking forward to the future.