With all 15 board seats of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) up for election this year, the incumbent and insurgent slates see things very differently. Part 1 of 2.
Frostmourne was the star of Saturday’s DelCap undercard, delivering a smashing win in the G3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.
Songbird’s expected Delaware Handicap coronation turned into a dogfight, but in the end, she gave owner Rick Porter his first DelCap win.
Jockey Ashley Castrenze missed six months with a persistent rib injury. She returned Friday: out of breath but glad to be back.
Through the first quarter of 2017, Midlantic claiming is up over 25 percent versus last year, according to our Claimbox report.
The decision to make Laurel Park first allowances optional claimers is good news for newly eligible claiming horses – but may post trouble for everyone else.
January claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was up 40 percent versus the prior year, aided by an additional track being open.
January claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was up 40 percent versus the prior year, aided by an additional track being open.
Playing the claiming game is a complicated balancing act, and each trainer seems to set the scales differently.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was down 15 percent in 2016 versus the prior year after an essentially flat December.