One winning owner blew kisses to the Timonium crowd Sunday, which is kinda how things are at the Big T. Plus a preview of the weekend to come.
The seven-day Timonium race meet at the Maryland State Fair kicks off this weekend with a couple of nice cards highlighted by the Timonium Distaff Stakes.
Luna Belle impressed again in the Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park, while fellow soph Local Motive recaptured his winning ways in the Miracle Wood.
Jockey J. D. Acosta scored today at Laurel Park to post the 3,500th victory of his career.
The improving Jungle Beast dominated the West Virginia Futurity Saturday at Charles Town on a day when two-year-olds took center stage.
Buff My Boots showed plenty of speed and plenty of heart to win Saturday’s Maryland Million Lassie.
Trainer John Salzman, Jr. sent out two promising juveniles with very different outcomes during an eventful Timonium stand.
“That was really weird,” winning jockey JD Acosta said after Vegas Weekend led, faded, regrouped and won Pimlico’s Saturday feature going away.
With the big name jocks home because of Covid-19, local riders spread the wealth around, with six different jocks winning stakes.
With Covid-19 keeping big-name jockeys home, riders based at Charles Town get a big and rare opportunity to have live mounts in graded races this evening.