Jockey Manny Franco’s talents were on full display Saturday at Colonial Downs, as he won seven races and nearly swept the track’s six stakes.
Graham Motion will saddle one runner in each Colonial Downs graded stake Sunday: Trikari, Mission of Joy, and Highland Chief.
Sparkle Blue dropped out of graded company for the first time in five starts and defended her title in Laurel Park’s Big Dreyfus Stakes Sunday.
Trainer Graham Motion is slated to send out a tough duo in Sunday’s Prince George’s County Stakes at Laurel Park, including G1 winner Highland Chief.
Sunday’s Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial has attracked a terrific group of horses, including G1 winner War Like Goddess.
The Graham Motion barn has been on a monthlong heater, exemplified by a 5-for-8 mark this meet at Laurel Park, where he’ll send out three this weekend.
Favored Toupie made short work of her rivals in Sunday’s Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park, winning easily for her second career stakes victory.
Friday’s Grade 3 Penn Mile features seven stakes winners, topped by Trikari, last out winner of the G2 American Turf.
There are four Laurel Park stakes on Saturday, all for older runners. Here are some of the storylines we’ll be keeping an eye on.
Previewing the Virginia Derby, a Grade 3 race that’s attracted Grade 1 and Grade 2 winners and demonstrates a plan coming to fruition.