Friday’s Charles Town Classic includes horses trained by Hall of Famers Todd Pletcher, D. Wayne Lukas, and Bill Mott, who sends out the defending champ.
In a thriller at Monmouth Park, Mind Control fought back to defeat Hot Rod Charlie narrowly, topping a Haskell preview day with four stakes.
Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Knicks Go and Monmouth-based Mind Control are among the headliner’s in Saturday’s G3 Gotham Stakes.
Monmouth-based trainer Gregg Sacco has mostly been under the radar, but Mind Control, his Hopeful winner and BC Juvenile contender, could change all that.