With both Laurel Park and Aqueduct hosting stakes Saturday, some connections are zigging and some are zagging in search of the best spot.
Takethemoneyhoney and Quint’s Brew, beaten favorites in two Laurel stakes last month, made amends in winning two Saturday stakes.
Takethemoneyhoney and Quint’s Brew, the beaten favorites in last month’s Fritchie and General George, return in state-bred stakes Saturday.
Dry Powder, a near-miss second in Grade 1 company last year, kicks off her 2026 season in Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie at Laurel Park.
Spencerian, a $16,000 claim-turned-stakes winner, seeks her second stakes win in Saturday’s Geisha at Laurel but faces favored Takethemoneyhoney.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic rose for the third straight week, plus the region’s most active trainers, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity rose for the second straight week, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity picked up during the past week, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
We have the August claiming wrapup, plus a sluggish week, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity dipped but remained solid, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.