Saturday’s Coalition Stakes at Timonium has drawn a competitive field of locally-based runners, including five stakes winners.
Grade 3 winner El Areeb, based at Laurel Park, is among 15 based in the Free State to join the Triple Crown trail.
Of the more than 400 horses nominated to the Triple Crown, 17 were bred in the mid-Atlantic.
Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Futurity features locally based rivals O Dionysus and Greatbullsoffire squaring off against Pletcher-trained invader Bonus Points.
Juveniles Item and Greatbullsoffire scored exciting Maryland Million wins, the former giving jockey and owner their first stakes wins.
Two promising youngsters – Greatbullsoffire and In Arrears – meet in Saturday’s Maryland Million Nursery.
Greatbullsoffire looks for a third straight win Saturday in the Laurel Futurity — but other rivals should factor. Odds and analysis.