With a brand-new Top Midlantic-bred Poll out, the leaders of the 3yo and older horse divisions – Angel of Empire and Caravel – are both unanimous.
With a brand-new Top Midlantic-bred Poll out, three horses were in action this past weekend in big races at Belmont Park. Who, and how’d they fare?
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2023, PA-bred Angel of Empire was as dominant a winner as he was in the G1 Arkansas Derby.
Nine-year-old Eastern Bay proved he’s as good as ever, surpassing a million in earnings with his first graded win in Saturday’s G3 General George at Laurel.
Trainer Norman Lynn Cash has burst on the scene with a racing operation that violates all the norms – and has seven horses in Laurel Park stakes Saturday.
Eastern Bay and Factor It In, both multiple stakes winners, were among those on the Saturday worktab being pointed to the G3 General George Feb. 18.
Double Crown, fourth in the Maryland Million Classic a week ago, scored a 42-1 upset in the Grade 2 Kelso Saturday at Aqueduct.
Jockey Will Humphrey, injured in a scary spill less than three weeks ago, returned with a flourish today at Laurel Park, winning twice.
Veteran Eastern Bay, a 16-time winner, could earn a return to the De Francis Dash with a victory Sunday at Laurel Park.
Eight-year-old Eastern Bay continued to outrun Father Time with a solid win in Saturday’s featured allowance at Pimlico.