In the wake of Tom Voss’s unexpected passing, regional horsemen from various disciplines described him as “gruff, but with a heart of gold.”
For 30 years, Mike Geralis and Damon Dilodovico have been the closest of friends. They still are, even if they now find themselves as rivals, too.
Maryland Juvenile Championship winner Joint Custody has bigger races in his future — but don’t think his connections aren’t enjoying the present.
Two Maryland-breds — Eighttofasttocatch and Joint Custody — took open stakes on Saturday at Laurel, and the big winner may have been the Maryland-bred program itself.
Trainer Jerry Robb will have three shots to win juvenile stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park — and his best 2 year-olds won’t leave the barn that day.
Giovanni Boldini, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, is based in Ireland because his breeder wanted him to run in West Virginia. The story gets odder from there.
Amherst Street ran to his fourth straight win in Saturday’s Tri-State Futurity — a win that once again demonstrated trainer Javier Contreras’ ability to spot a good horse.
Dance to Bristol finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, but her connections are still quick to call her “a dream come true.”
For trainer Ollie Figgins, Dance to Bristol has spent 11 months proving she belongs in the best company. The journey ends on Saturday.
Everything has gone smoothly for Dance to Bristol and trainer Ollie Figgins this year. All that’s left is getting her and her humans to the West Coast while keeping 40+ horses on the East Coast happy.