Nearly three-quarters of the way through the Laurel Park meet, the race for the training title remains open, with four trainers within a win of the lead.
Heading into the last weekend at Laurel Park, four trainers had a shot at the training title. And once the dust had settled, all four end up with a share.
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
With two days of live racing left at Laurel Park. four trainers have 18 or 19 victories.
With four days left in the Laurel Park winter meet, any one of four conditioners could take home the stand’s training title.
Mid-Atlantic claiming activity rose for the fourth consecutive week, and that led to some shuffling of the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Scott Lake remained the mid-Atlantic’s busiest claiming trainer after the busiest week of claiming activity in three months, in our Claimbox report.
Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie Handicap and Campbell Handicap at Laurel Park were thrilling races with exciting finishes. Our photographers were there.
Persistence was the word of Barbara Fritchie Handicap day, as horses — and jockeys — gave their all to take Laurel’s two stakes.
The bettors loved Managed Account, but Behemoth loves Laurel, and he overhauled the favorite in the last jumps to win today’s John B. Campbell Handicap.