Five is enough for Irad Ortiz on Virginia Derby day
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won five races and swept the Virginia Derby and Virginia Oaks – the former aboard $2 million yearling Capensis – Tuesday at Colonial Downs.
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Mo Donegal scores in Belmont Stakes
Never far back, Mo Donegal surged to the lead with a furlong to go and went on to win the Belmont Stakes, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third Belmont.
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Classic Causeway takes Derby points lead
Classic Causeway won the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs to take over the top spot in the Derby points standings in one of two Saturday preps.
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Knicks Go second in career finale
Maryland-bred star Knicks Go concluded his career Saturday with a second-place finish in the G1 Pegasus World Cup.
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Red Ghost rises to Miss Preakness win
In a three-way thriller, Red Ghost managed to get her nose down on the wire to win the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
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The week in social media: March 5
Maryland’s top performers honored, Derby day attendance, and jockeys behaving badly, in the week in social media.
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Sharing, Four Wheel Drive take Midlantic route to BC
Sharing – who won Laurel’s Selima Stakes – and Four Wheel Drive, winner of the Rosie’s Stakes at Colonial Downs, turned in banner Breeders’ Cup Friday wins.
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Lake Ponchatrain provides satisfying Dance to Bristol win
Local stalwart Lake Ponchatrain won the rechristened Dance to Bristol Stakes – a satisfying win for jock Xavier Perez, who also rode the race’s namesake.
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Maturing Frostmourne joins roster of Penn Mile champs
Frostmourne showed his newfound ability to relax and await his rider’s cue in a sharp score in today’s Grade 2 Penn Mile.
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