Claimbox: Latest Mid-Atlantic claiming stats
Claiming activity remained sluggish in February, plus trainer stats, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity remained sluggish in February, plus trainer stats, in our Claimbox report.
This weekend saw the return of live racing to Parx Racing after delays pushed its season opening back by two weeks.
Claiming activity fell 25 percent in January ’16 versus 2015, a victim of many fewer days run in the region, plus trainer stats, in our Claimbox report.
With Parx Racing set to close for two months, its horsemen and horses are scattering, some headed south and others to the farm.
Bird of Trey moved to the head of the class of Pennsylvania-bred juveniles Saturday with a dominant score in the $101,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes.
Veteran trainer Butch Reid calls drug issues “the biggest problem racing has to address.” His answer: one central enforcement agency, and no raceday meds.
The weekend’s MIdlantic stakes winners, summed up.
What’s on tap: stakes action at Charles Town and Parx, a big day at Laurel, and a top Midlantic-bred in action.
Claiming activity dropped in October, with Parx seeing the biggest declines, in our Claimbox report.
What’s on tap: the West Virginia Breeders Classics, a PA-bred stake, and a Virginia-bred in graded company.