August 8: Midlantic-breds in Saratoga stakes
A Maryland-bred and a Virginia-bred will represent Midlantic-breds in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame at Saratoga today.
A Maryland-bred and a Virginia-bred will represent Midlantic-breds in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame at Saratoga today.
It’s a cliché to talk about the love that backstretch workers have for the horses. But ask them, and they’ll tell you about it, in this week’s Spa Diary.
A lone stake, a lone Midlantic-bred, and a long way to run at Saratoga.
Main Sequence seemed unlikely to accomplish much. Then he found his way to Graham Motion’s Fair Hill barn and won the G1 United Nations. A star was born.
Fortune Pearl earned her first stakes victory with an impressive score in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks.
A full field is slated to run in Saturday’s Robert Dick Memorial at Delaware Park, and Graham Motion will have two shots at a seventh win in the event.
The rich get richer as trainer Todd Pletcher won Pimlico’s $50,000 bonus for stakes performances last weekend. Local trainers finished second and third.
Ilikecandy took the bulk of the wagering money and proved the bettors prescient, cruising to a seven-length win in the Maryland Racing Media Stakes.
Our “Favorite things” series revisits some of our — and your — favorite stories, pictures, and videos of 2013.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.