Lofty purses and the closure of Churchill Downs’s backside are among the factors leading a number of high-end trainers to Colonial Downs this summer.
Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Joe Bravo won his seventh Monmouth Park stake of 2020, while Angel Cruz and Claudio Gonzalez hooked up for two Laurel stakes wins.
Jack Kousin, who took a 30-year detour from his successful training career before returning in 2018, passed away August 25.
Off to the Races Radio returns July 25 with a show featuring trainers Ferris Allen and Karen Godsey, handicapping with Derby Bill and more.
Maryland shippers Bright Dawn and Twirling Owen swept the weekend’s WV-bred 3-year-old stakes at Charles Town Races.
Saturday’s Off to the Races Radio will feature VTA president Debbie Easter and Laurel Park-based trainer Ferris Allen.
Defending champ Saratoga Bob and five other 2018 Maryland Million Classic runners return to contest this year’s Classic, with show horse Clubman favored.
With two key retirements, the Maryland Million Turf is a wide-open affair with room for runners like No Bull Addiction and Love You Much to hope.
Full fields and a festive crowd turned out for the rebirth — after six years — of the new Colonial Downs.