A full field of 10 — plus an also-eligible — is entered in Saturday’s Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic.
A racing digest of some of the Midlantic stories that were a bit below the radar this past weekend…
Graded winners Ms Locust Point and Late Night Pow Wow headline a stacked edition of Laurel’s Willa on the Move Stakes Saturday.
Jaywalk dominated the BC Juvenile Fillies, and two other horses with Midlantic connections ran huge on Breeders’ Cup Friday.
A pair of runners in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup – Jaywalk and Glorious Empire – jumpstarted their seasons with summer wins at Delaware Park.
“The future is with the young, and nowhere is that truer than horse racing,” says trainer John Servis, whose barn includes a couple of graded stakes-bound juvenile fillies with recent Delaware Park wins.
The John Servis trainee Jaywalk surged late to earn her first stakes win in Delaware Park’s White Clay Creek Stakes for juvenile fillies.
Trainer John Servis has Blue Union Rags and Blue Strike set to run in today’s Delaware Oaks, and though both are double-digit odds, both rate a legit upset chance.
Midnight Poker, whose four-race, career-opening win streak was snapped last out, will look to start a new one in Saturday’s $75,000 Concern at Laurel Park.
A solid group of 10 is slated to contest the G3 Delaware Oaks on Saturday topped by Black-Eyed Susan winner Red Ruby.