Saturday’s two two-turn stakes for older runners — the Campbell and the Maryland Racing Media — both start from a key question.
Runners trained by Kiaran McLaughlin ran one-two in last year’s Barbara Fritchie, and he returns with another pair for Saturday.
Grade 3 winner Heaven’s Runway will gun for a third straight win against a salty field in Saturday’s G3 General George at Laurel Park.
Trainer Mary Eppler’s Page McKenney won the ’16 General George (at 7 furlongs) and the ’15 Campbell (9f). Saturday he’ll run in one or the other – but which?
Undefeated Crabcakes, pointed to Saturday’s Wide Country at Laurel Park, is putting a spring in the step of her 78-year-old owner, Binnie Houghton.
Johnny Hop, a $350,000 auction purchase, scored narrowly at first asking today at Laurel Park.
Defending G3 General George champ Page McKenney is among 187 nominees to six Laurel Park stakes slated for February 18.
Bigger purses have changed the claiming game, presenting challenges – and opportunities – for both horsemen and racetracks.
January’s average handle in the mid-Atlantic region was basically flat versus December’s number, though all four operating tracks topped $1 million in average betting.
Veteran Page McKenney returned from a long layoff to score an emphatic win in the Native Dancer Stakes today at Laurel Park.