Real Solution and Storming Inti remained atop the Top Midlantic-bred Polls, but the 3 year-old list saw substantial change.
With a win in the Grade 1 Manhattan, Real Solution rocketed to the top of this week’s Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Stake winners and syndromes, betting and top Midlantic-breds, in our weekend RaceBrief.
Delaunay made a big move in this week’s Top Midlantic-bred Poll — but the real action figures to come over the weekend, with five runners in action.
Closers don’t win the Belmont Stakes, and other Triple Crown notes and analysis.
Triple Crown seeker California Chrome drew the two-hole (and 3-5 odds) for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes; plus, Midlantic-breds in the day’s stakes.
Popular Maryland-bred runner Ben’s Cat, nearing $2 million in earnings, will make his next start in the Grade 3 Jaipur on the Belmont Stakes undercard.
Eight year-old Ben’s Cat seized the top spot among older horses in the newest Top Midlantic-bred Poll, while Storming Inti remained first among sophomores.
Turf, dirt, dry, slop — it’s all the same to ageless Ben’s Cat who dusted his rivals to win his third Jim McKay Turf Sprint in four years.
Ben’s Cat has won two of the last three runnings of the Jim McKay Turf Sprint. The eight year-old, trained by King Leatherbury, might be better than ever.