Jockey Mychel Sanchez, long based at Parx Racing, has spread his wings a bit this year with pretty positive results.
Faced with a sudden cluster of racing and training fatalities, Laurel Park will not race December 3-5 as officials scramble to get ahead of the problem.
Two-time stakes winner Local Motive will tackle seven rivals in the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
Galawi, a regally bred but lightly raced son of Dubawi, will stand stud at Maryland’s Northview Stallion Station for the 2022 season.
Full-card picks & analysis for today’s Laurel Park card!
Belle of the North rallied from last to score the upset in Saturday’s $100,000 Safely Kept Stakes for an emotional trainer Jose Corrales.
Veteran jockey Julian Pimentel will take the winter off, he said today, and while he said he’ll come back, he may be at the end of the line riding-wise.
John Piassek had today’s 9-race card at Laurel Park covered here!
Whereshetoldmetogo scored narrowly in the Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial Stakes at Laurel Park, his second straight stakes win.
Princess Kokachin used her early speed to best advantage in taking the Politely, while odds-on favorite Hello Beautiful finished last.