In a pair of juvenile stakes on Delaware Park’s Owners’ Day, Murph scored a mild upset in the Small Wonder, as did No Sabe Nada in the First State Dash.
Fresh off a stakes win at Saratoga, Laurel-based Wondrwherecraigis will hunt bigger game in Saturday’s G3 De Francis Dash on his home track.
Fresh off a Saratoga stakes win, Wondrwherecraigis will make his next start in the G3 De Francis Dash at Laurel Park September 18.
For the first time in nearly five months, Laurel Park hosted live racing on its rebuilt dirt course, and opening day went off smoothly.
Hell0 Beautiful’s facile Alma North win gave jockey Sheldon Russell his 1,500th win, netted her groom a big bonus, and led to smiles all around.
Hunting her first win outside of Laurel Park and sixth stakes win, Hello Beautiful looms the one to beat in Saturday’s Alma North Stakes at Pimlico.
Sunday’s Shine Again Stakes includes five multiple stakes winner and features the return of 11-time stakes winner Anna’s Bandit.
Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Four of eight horses in the Tesio Stakes are Maryland-bred, and five are Maryland-based, giving the locals what they hope will be a strong hand.
Stakes winner Maythehorsebwithu, newly nominated to the Triple Crown, will breeze this weekend towards a planned start in the Tesio Stakes April 24.