For the lifelong friends who are Irish Three Racing, Irish Maxima, entered in the G2 Bed o’ Roses, is taking them on a ride they never imagined.
Reflections from Hall of Fame finalist Graham Motion and John Servis, who trained another Hall candidate in Smarty Jones.
Laurel Park hosted its two biggest winter events in the General George and Barbara Fritchie. Here’s what the winners had to say.
Irish Maxima will look to kick of fher 4-year-old season in style when she tries her luck in Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel Park.
In a new BackTracks: PA-bred Smarty Jones was a serious racehorse, but there was more to his popularity than that.
Promising two-year-old Tuskegee Airmen improved to 2-for-2 with a dominant win in the Rocky Run Stakes at Delaware Park.
John Servis hadn’t won a Saratoga race in over 20 years. Owner Will Schwartz never had. Until Leader of the Band struck on August 19.
Saturday’s 70th running of the Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie will give one runner her first graded victory. Here’s our preview in quick hits.
Leader of the Band – the “other” John Servis trainee in the G3 Monmouth Oaks – pulled the upset in the fixture for fillies.
The John Servis-trained pair of Midnight Obsession and Leader of the Band, second and third in the Delaware Oaks, will try it again in the Monmouth Oaks.