Glorious Empire, a Grade 1 winner in 2018, will make his first start of ’19 in Saturday’s G3 BWI Turf Cup at Laurel Park.
The powerful barns of Graham Motion and Michael Stidham squared off on Virginia Derby night, winning three each, while firster Four Wheel Drive dazzled.
On Colonial’s big night, English Bee was a narrow winner of the Grade 3 Virginia Derby, while Carnival Colors took the Virginia Oaks.
This week’s Off to the Races radio will feature trainer Karen Dennehy Godsey and Laurel Park linemaker Keith Feustle.
Nine sophomore fillies will tackle the Virginia Oaks, led by the undefeated Tasting the Stars and last-out winner Gardenista.
A field of nine, headed by stakes winner English Bee, one of three trained by Graham Motion, will tackle Saturday’s G3 Virginia Derby.
With a smaller group of horses at the Spa than in previous years, trainer Graham Motion is nevertheless enjoying a banner Saratoga summer.
Trainer Graham Motion – in search of his first-ever win in the G3 Kent Stakes Saturday – has three shots to win it.
Divisidero, a Grade 1 winner, is one of four graded winners in the $100,000 Prince George’s County Stakes Sunday at Laurel Park.
Maryland-based trainer Graham Motion (Just Howard) and Virginia-raised Jonathan Thomas (Catholic Boy) bookend the Dixie in multiple ways.