A barn fire hurt a local farm, the Monmouth Oaks is upon us, and it’s almost time for the Big T, in the week in social media.
The Maryland State Fair race meet at Timonium will take place August 23 to September 2 and feature two added-money events.
Legislation that would speed projects at Laurel and Bowie calls into question future racing at Pimlico — but adds certainty the property will not lie fallow.
Some of our favorite photos from 2018 all in one Mid-Atlantic racing gallery.
Training titles at the just-completed Timonium meet went to Claudio Gonzalez and Gerald Brooks, while J. D. Acosta won his third straight riding crown.
“In this business when you have a half-decent opportunity, you take it because you don’t know when it’s coming again,” says jockey Erin Walker.
Trainer Charlie Frock won two today at Timonium — the track whose brief meet he points to each year. “It was like a gift,” he said.
Colonel Sharp, a $36,000 auction purchase last December — “too much,” said trainer Hugh McMahon at the time — was up to win the Maryland Coalition Stakes at Timonium.
Saturday’s Maryland Coalition Stakes at Timonium has attracted a hard-hitting field with over 270 starts and nearly $2.5 million in the bank.
Jockey Larry Reynolds won over 3,000 races; his son Austin, looking to make his own way in the game, saddled the feature race winner for Cal Lynch’s barn.
