Late Night Pow Wow upset the G3 Charles Town Oaks to give local trainer Javier Contreras his first graded stakes win.
Multiple graded stakes winner Tequilita will look to get back to her winning ways in Laurel Park’s $75,000 Twixt Stakes on Saturday.
Local stalwart Lake Ponchatrain won the rechristened Dance to Bristol Stakes – a satisfying win for jock Xavier Perez, who also rode the race’s namesake.
Charles Town trainers tackling open company on Saturday’s big card know they’re up against it – but “it’s up to the horses,” one says.
Claiming activity was flat, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity plummeted, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity was over $800,000 in the mid-Atlantic last week — for the third time in four weeks — and Patricia Farro is atop the Midlantic Claiming 7.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was moderate during Preakness week, and Patricia Farro took the Midlantic Claiming 7 lead, in our Claimbox report.
Mid-Atlantic claiming activity rose for the fourth consecutive week, and that led to some shuffling of the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Scott Lake remained the mid-Atlantic’s busiest claiming trainer after the busiest week of claiming activity in three months, in our Claimbox report.