Lady Vivien tested positive for stanozolol — and that one positive test could have impacted three sets of connections, pointing up new med rule challenges.
Maryland racing has been known in recent years for oddities like Bullet Catcher (who ran down Rt. 1) and Spicer Cub. Turns out, that was Mike Gathagan’s strategy.
Four-time Grade 1 winner Main Sequence added to his trophy haul by being named Maryland-based Horse of the Year by the Maryland Racing Media Association.
One of the “stanozolol three,” Hector Garcia, along with his boss Juan Vazquez, has also been asked to remove his horses from Maryland Jockey Club grounds.
Smash and Grab romped in an allowance test on Saturday at Laurel Park. Next stop: possibly the Grade 3 General George.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays a Pick 3 and analyzes an allowance race for three-year-old fillies.
What’s on tap this weekend… horses prepping, up-and-comers, and more… our horses to watch!
Improving Cutty Shark, trained by Donald Barr, just held on to win today’s Laurel Park feature in prepration for the G3 General George next month.
Rapidly improving Majestic Affair, who won yesterday’s Whiteley Stakes, is definitely striking a blow for the little guy.
Majestic Affair showed the Frank Whiteley Stakes field his heels in romping to five-length win today at Laurel Park.