
Timonium wrapup: By the numbers
The brief Maryland State Fair meet in Timonium concluded on Monday, and we’ve crunched the numbers.
The brief Maryland State Fair meet in Timonium concluded on Monday, and we’ve crunched the numbers.
Jockey William Otero earned the 2,000th win of his career last night at Penn National. More than 70 percent of his victories have come at the Grantville oval.
Virginia-bred Hard Enough handled Monmouth’s three year-old turfers in the Restoration and Jersey Derby. Saturday’s G3 Kent Stakes at Delaware is next on his agenda.
For some mid-Atlantic tracks, the future may bring fewer days and larger average daily purses. Will it also bring more regional cooperation?
Claiming activity continued apace this week in the mid-Atlantic, with all numbers essentially the same as last week’s, in our newest Claimbox report.
Mid-Atlantic handle rose significantly over the holiday weekend, and Labor Day handle rose by nearly a third versus last year, in our HandleTrak report.
“If a horse can’t outrun a fat man, it don’t matter who his daddy is,” trainer Charlie Frankfort explains. Fair point. Meet Charlie in our Midweek Movie.
Author and ‘capper Bobby Zen returns, turning his expertise to handicapping Delaware Park for this afternoon’s card.
One hard-knocking star scored, another just missed, and Edge of Reality took the G3 Smarty Jones as Parx kicked off a big September.
Bridge jumpers have hit Charles Town hard this spring and summer. But net pool pricing makes their presence more of an opportunity for other bettors than ever before.
In our weekly LookBack, we circle back on some recent top stories to see what happened next, plus some other news and notes.
Trainer Hugh McMahon and rider JD Acosta took top honors at the Maryland State Fair meet at Timonium, which concluded today.
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