This year’s Maryland Million could mark coming-out parties for several first-crop stallions seeking to get a leg up in the race to see who’s next.
We catch up with final facts, figs, and miscellany from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2yo sale, including new sires and a familiar face returns.
Horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic accounted for more than $5.5 million — about 60$ — of the total volume at the just-completed Fasig-Tipton yearling sale.
The Jockey Club’s 2018 Report of Mares Bred reveals that Midlantic breeders are flocking to new stallions, with Uncle Lino and Divining Rod leading the way.
Divining Rod, a Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2015 Preakness, will stand at stud at Country Life Farm for the 2018 season.
Five-year-old Divining Rod made his first start of 2017 in flashy fashion, cruising to a facile score in the Polynesian Stakes at Laurel Park.
Grade 3 winner Divining Rod, third in the 2015 Preakness, is favored in his first start of ’17 in Saturday’s Polynesian Stakes at Laurel Park.
Page McKenney, Divining Rod, and Shimmering Aspen are among some serious horsepower nominated to two Laurel sprint stakes August 12.
Five Maryland-based runners finished first or second in stakes company out of town this past weekend, including four in graded races.
Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.