Graham Motion trainee Rainha Da Bateria — Queen of the drums, in Portuguese — will aim to become queen of the turf in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Now, in the second of two parts, a quick, post-position draw update on some of the Midlantic-connected runners expected to run in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup.
The Saratoga meet reaches its conclusion and so, too, our Spa Diary. Teresa Genaro looks back at a successful meet for Midlantic folks, and ahead, to next year.
Anyone can see that the Thoroughbred industry faces challenging times. But that uncertainty feels a lot different to those who work in the racing industry.
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.