For the first time in nearly five months, Laurel Park hosted live racing on its rebuilt dirt course, and opening day went off smoothly.
Jockey Forest Boyce, out with an injury for nearly two months, won on just her second mount back Friday afternoon at Pimlico.
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…
The Colonial Downs meet closed Saturday with five Virginia-bred races, including a rare visit by Kent Desormeaux to New Kent to win the Camptown.
The powerful barns of Graham Motion and Michael Stidham squared off on Virginia Derby night, winning three each, while firster Four Wheel Drive dazzled.
It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.
Doctor Mounty, a 7-1 shot, upset G1 winner Divisidero to take the Prince George’s County Stakes at Laurel Park.
With new whip rules – and a whipless day of racing – under consideration in California, Maryland jockeys cast a skeptical eye westward.
Two runners repeated this Maryland Million day, and a half-brother of last year’s Nursery won this year’s running of that event.
A 25-1 longshot, Doctor Mounty upset the Grade 3 BWI Turf Cup over a yielding Laurel Park course.