Laurel Park’s Rainbow 6, Pick 5, and Super High 5 all have carryovers heading into Friday, with the last of those having a $12,000 carry.
Jockey Amelia Green won her first race in Maryland when piloting the longshot D K’s Brigantia to victory in Laurel’s fifth race Saturday.
Main Sequence, the 2014 Eclipse champion turf horse and older male, has been retired, his connections said.
Maryland stud Friesan Fire, the 2009 Kentucky Derby post-time favorite, sired his first winner when Morning Fire scored at Parx this weekend.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays the Pick 6, which has a modest carryover.
It could be a big week for Horacio De Paz. He’ll saddle his first runner as Sagamore Farm’s trainer Friday, just days after his wife gave birth to a child.
Claiming activity dipped in June after its huge May increase but still remained strong, in our Claimbox report.
Laurel Park has canceled live racing for July 3 as a result of a water main break that has left 30,000 without water.
Count trainer Rodney Jenkins and rider Victor Carrasco among those who figure to appreciate the “excuse to stay home” this summer at Laurel Park.
With Laurel Park’s first significant July racing in over a decade about to start, Maryland trainers are excited and optimistic — some cautiously so.