Some tracks canceled Saturday, but the show went on at Laurel Park, and trainers and riders told us how they beat the heat.
In two stakes for Maryland-breds Saturday at Laurel Park, Robin Graham and Marya Montoya, who had combined for just eight wins this year, came up big.
Known for his skill with juveniles, trainer Wesley Ward has three horses pointed at Laurel Park’s two Saturday stakes for two-year-olds.
Two runners repeated this Maryland Million day, and a half-brother of last year’s Nursery won this year’s running of that event.
Parx Racing’s plan for a $20 million “Fall Festival” – coupled with reduced racing days – has received a generally (but not entirely) warm response.
Trainer Marya Montoya claimed Unrivaled for just $30,000 in October. His fourth start for her will likely be in the G1 Bluegrass Stakes — a journey her father would have enjoyed.