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For racing fans, the Breeders’ Cup provided plenty of annoyances. And then the gates opened.
Front runners stalked, West Virginia-breds turfed, and favorites faltered in an odd Breeders’ Cup Friday for Midlantic-bred horses.
In this week’s On Tap, we turn our attention to Santa Anita, where seven Midlantic-breds will try to take the racing world by storm in the Breeders’ Cup.
Maryland-born Annie Finney will have more than a rooting interest in the Breeders’ Cup. She’s the exercise rider for Princess of Sylmar and Palace Malice.
Nobody gave Gayle Gerth much credit for bringing Wiseman’s Ferry to her Dana Point Farm in Pennsylvania. Then Wise Dan started winning, and everything changed.
Seven horses bred in the mid-Atlantic were pre-entered for this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, and it’s quite an interesting group.
After 103 days, racing is set to return to Maryland’s Laurel Park. And for the state’s horsemen, that means optimism is in season.
Ed Stanco has one racehorse. Fortunately for him, that one is likely 3yo filly champ Princess of Sylmar — and what a ride she’s taken her connections on.