Line of Best Fit needed more ground. It’s the Journey needed less. Today they met in the middle — 7 furlongs — to win stakes at Laurel Park.
The G3 De Francis Dash, to be run September 16, has drawn 24 nominations and tops a card packed with seven stakes.
Two-year-old Limited View — sixth in the G2 Adirondack last out — took a Laurel Park allowance today and is pointed at the Maryland Million October 21.
A horse-by-horse analysis, plus a preview, of Saturday’s Shine Again Stakes at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park will see rapidly improving It’s the Journey seek his first stakes win, plus horse-by-horse analysis
The fall meet at Laurel Park will feature more than $4 million in stakes, including the De Francis Dash, Maryland Million, and more.
A pair of stakes for non-winners of a stake slated for opening weekend at Laurel Park have drawn nearly five dozen nominations.
The average daily handle at the just-completed Laurel Park summer meet rose by more than 25 percent, the Maryland Jockey Club said.
Mary Eppler trainee Story Spinner had a dextrorphan positive February 10. So why did it take six months for the Maryland Racing Commission to resolve the case?
The connections of Maryland Pride stakes winners Crabcakes and Just Howard were feeling the absence — and presence — of the late breeders of their stars.