Two-time defending champ Ben’s Cat and several runners exiting the Breeders’ Cup Sprint are among the 50 nominees to the Fabulous Strike at Penn National.
There was plenty to see during the weekend’s Midlantic racing. Here’s our gallery of the action.
From (Down Town) Allen to Zee (Bros), all the weekend’s mid-Atlantic stakes winners.
On tap: the De Francis Dash headlines a half-dozen stakes at Laurel, a hard-hitter aims for $1 million, and a pair of SC-residency races at Parx.
For 25 years, trainer Alfredo Velazquez has conditioned hard knockers at Parx Racing. Then Private Zone entered his barn and brought him his first Grade 1 win.
On tap: No stakes in the region but some intriguing allowance and maiden tilts.
Winning Image went gate-to-wire to win her 10th career stakes, headlining a day on which Parx Racing presented three stakes.
On tap: a trio of Parx Racing stakes, while Laurel and Charles Town prepare for their biggest state-bred days.
On tap: no stakes but plenty of racing action in the mid-Atlantic.
Bayern blitzed ’em and Untapable wore ’em down to take the two biggest races on the Parx Racing calendar, the G2 Pennsylvania Derby and G1 Cotillion.