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.
Tonight’s Penn National card features three stakes, including the $200,000 Fabulous Strike — and fan faves Ben’s Cat, Page McKenney, and Favorite Tale.
Veteran trainer Butch Reid calls drug issues “the biggest problem racing has to address.” His answer: one central enforcement agency, and no raceday meds.
At 24, Keri Wolfsont has established herself as Jonathan Sheppard’s assistant trainer — and a young woman with a bright future of her own.
Ben’s Cat is among 45 nominated to next Wednesday’s Fabulous Strike at Penn National, where a win would mark his fourth in the event.
A dispute over funding the Pennsylvania racing commissions and drug testing program that threatened to shutter the sport is slowly moving towards resolution.
The weekend’s MIdlantic stakes winners, summed up.