Jockey Mychel Sanchez, long based at Parx Racing, has spread his wings a bit this year with pretty positive results.
Belle of the North rallied from last to score the upset in Saturday’s $100,000 Safely Kept Stakes for an emotional trainer Jose Corrales.
Pickin’ Time upset Golden Brown and Paco Lopez won two of three stakes to top the NJ Thoroughbred Festival at Monmouth Park.
Multiple graded stakes winner Horologist has earned the title of New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year.
Stakes winners Hello Hot Rod and Pickin’ Time are among six horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic who have been nominated to the Triple Crown.
Knicks Go today was named the Top Midlantic-bred of 2020 in polling conducted by Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and The Racing Biz.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2020, it’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Knicks Go, one of 7 Maryland-breds, who zooms to the head of the class.
Pickin’ Time, a New Jersey-bred trained by Kelly Breen, scored in the Grade 3 Nashua Saturday and will look for Kentucky Derby points in the Remsen next.