The Puma earned the top-level win that had thus far eluded him in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby, while Bodacious Bay took the Cotillion.
My Miss Mo, scratched from the Kentucky Oaks, made that decision look wise in a solid score in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Friday.
Two different pace scenarios, two versions of an ideal setup: Navajo Warrior won the Pimlico Special, and Peach Tie scored in the Miss Preakness.
Bull by the Horns, winner of the Rushaway at Turfway Park, is doing well and “ready to run,” trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said.
Indy Bay parlayed a good trip into a late surge and her first graded stakes victory, in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks.
A full field is slated to contest Friday’s G2 Charles Town Oaks, with Vodka With a Twist, second in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, the favorite.
Six-year-old Skippylongstocking will bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Charles Town Classic win in Friday’s big race.
Skippylongstocking showed ’em his heels Friday night to become the third runner to win the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic in consecutive years.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith had quite a visit to Charles Town that included a gate scratch, a last-place finish, and a win in the G2 Charles Town Oaks.
A contentious field is set for the Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks Friday, and trainer Saffie Joseph’s pair includes G3 Miss Preakness winner Mystic Lake.