This week’s On Tap features prep races at Charles Town, closing weekend at Laurel Park, and Top Midlantic-bred Poll leading older horse in action.
With two days of live racing left at Laurel Park. four trainers have 18 or 19 victories.
Mid-Atlantic claiming activity hit its highest level since Thanksgiving, and there’s a new leader of the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
King Leatherbury, who turned 81 today, saddled his first winner in 1959. He’s eighth on the Laurel Park trainer list this meet and hoping for a big spring.
With four days left in the Laurel Park winter meet, any one of four conditioners could take home the stand’s training title.
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Trainer Larry Murray saved his St. Patrick’s Day tie for Saturday’s Conniver Stakes, and More Than a Cruise allowed him to flaunt it in the winner’s circle.
Ground Transport made the long ship up from New Orleans worthwhile, leading every step of the way to take the Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes at Laurel.
Second in the Conniver at Laurel a year ago, More Than a Cruise proved easily best in today’s 46th running of the event.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.