Talented Pennsylvania-bred Mor Spirit ran away to a facile score in today’s Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park.
Quality Road and Bodemeister sired the Oaks-Derby double last weekend — quite a feat for a pair of Virginia-breds whose own Derby dreams were dashed.
Arrogate — recently rated the world’s top racehorse — showed why yesterday when he cruised to an easy win in the Pegasus World Cup. California Chrome finished ninth.
Songbird remained unbeaten with yet another facile score today in the G1 Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing.
The champ was in the house on Haskell day at Monmouth. But his wasn’t the only story to be found, as a journeyman jock, a veteran trainer, and others attest.
Expected post time favorite Shared Belief put in his final work in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic on Tuesday morning.
Edgar Prado, who began his career in Maryland, heads a group of seven jocks in Friday’s Hall of Fame Jockey Challenge.
Casual fans turned out for Saturday night’s Charles Town Classic hoping to see “something big.” Some of them did, when 26-1 Imperative upset the big race.
In a sport where jockeys are the only human athletes, you’d think their voices would be loud and clear in policy discussions. You’d be wrong.