Mor Spirit, a Pennsylvania-bred son of Eskendereya, took the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park to stamp himself the top Derby contender in the West.
Carly Kaiser’s been a docent, a pinhooker’s assistant, a blogger, a Youtuber. Now 24 and a chartcaller, she’s a young face in an industry that needs them.
Our state-by-state review of breeding programs continues with Pennsylvania, where uncertainty has reduced the foal crop even as program dollars remain robust.
Penn National has canceled live racing both this evening and Saturday; it will resume live racing on January 27.
With Parx Racing set to close for two months, its horsemen and horses are scattering, some headed south and others to the farm.
How impressive has Behrnik’s Bank in her two dominant wins? Good enough that her sire’s stud fee has quadrupled as a result.
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.
Morning Fire is the 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes, and a win there would give his sire, Friesan Fire, his first progeny stakes win.
What’s on tap: plenty of Midlantic-breds in graded stakes company this weekend.
On Penn National’s biggest night of the fall and winter, it was two-year-old filly Behrnik’s Bank who stole the show with a flashy 13-length stakes win.