The Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) has announced its election results, with five people, including one incumbent, set to join 10 others on the board.
We dig into the facts and figs of the Laurel Park meet to date to see who bettors ought to be on now – and who they should keep an eye out for.
Sharing, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner, breezed six furlongs Friday morning and is on course to race at Royal Ascot June 20.
Trainer Jorge Duarte, stricked with coronavirus earlier this year, has recovered and will saddle stakes winner Introduced Saturday at Laurel Park.
The speedy American Sailor slipped away to a big lead early and held off the late runners to beat five stakes winners in Monday’s Laurel Park feature.
Seven stakes winners will square off in Laurel Park’s seventh race this afternoon, a grassy third-level allowance with a $47,000 purse.
Lebda, a two-time stakes winner at Laurel Park for trainer Claudio Gonzalez and Euro Stable, is among 22 late nominees to the Triple Crown,
With two months of no racing and no casinos, the Maryland-bred Fund has been depleted, but once it’s replenished, breeders will receive their bonuses.
Owners will be allowed to watch races – that’s one of several changes Laurel Park is making as it moves into the second phase of coronavirus reopening.
Michael Matz, a trainer with two Triple Crown race wins to his credit, will judge the 2020 Maryland Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show, slated for mid-July.