For the second time in four editions of the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks. a Butch Reid-trained longshot pulled the upset, this time Foggy Night doing the trick.
Favored Lightening Larry had too much for his rivals and prevailed in the Alapocas Run Stakes at Delaware Park.
Jockey Paco Lopez enjoyed a banner Wednesday at Parx Racing, winning six times and finishing in the money with all eight of his mounts.
Sheldon Russell, Paco Lopez, and Joel Rosario all shared honors as this past week’s Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week.
Fortheluvofbourbon and Fille d’Esprit entered the Maryland Million as arguably the most accomplished horses on the card, and both left with wins.
Pickin’ Time upset Golden Brown and Paco Lopez won two of three stakes to top the NJ Thoroughbred Festival at Monmouth Park.
R Adios Jersey, a $12,000 auction purchase, ran her record to 5-for-5 with a win in the G3, $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.
The improving Vigilantes Way earned her first graded stakes score when winning easily in Sunday’s Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park.
With a New Jersey rule clamping down on the use of the riding crop, some jockeys who usually make Monmouth Park home are steering clear.
Maryland’s top performers honored, Derby day attendance, and jockeys behaving badly, in the week in social media.