Harry Meyerhoff, owner of Spectacular Bid, passes
Maryland native Harry Meyerhoff, who campaigned Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid, passed away February 11.
Maryland native Harry Meyerhoff, who campaigned Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid, passed away February 11.
Marengo Road, from the racing operation of owner Harry Meyerhoff, who died last week, scored a solid win in Monday’s Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park.
A minor change in tactics gave Candida H. the extra gear she needed, and she earned her first stakes win in today’s Conniver Stakes at Laurel Park.
Saturday’s allowance feature at Laurel Park will be a showdown including two stakes-winning distaffers; plus Laurel Park racing notes.
While Mike Trombetta hopes Thunder Pass reprises his last race in Saturday’s Laurel Futurity, Kathleen O’Connell wants anything but for Formal Summation.
The Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training sale which concluded yesterday showed across-the-board gains. Plus, breadowns of each of the mid-Atlantic states.
All it took for King Leatherbury to become a Hall of Fame finalist was 56 years and 6,400 wins. He doesn’t think that’s enough – but other trainers disagree.
Trainer Mike Trombetta’s charges won three times at Laurel Park on Thursday, including the feature and a maiden event.
Nearly three-quarters of the way through the Laurel Park meet, the race for the training title remains open, with four trainers within a win of the lead.
The contentious battle for the presidency of New York’s horsemen’s group is now causing similar discord among mid-Atlantic horsemen.