In the second Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2017, Fast and Accurate and Long On Value made major forward moves after big efforts.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2017, two of the nation’s top sophs rule their division, while an Eclipse Award champ leads the older horses.
The final installment of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.
How’d the horses with mid-Atlantic connections do in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup action? We have the story.
Finest City lodged an upset in today’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint — a first for trainer Ian Kruljac, who called the win “everything you can do in this game.”
Four of the seven members of the Top Midlantic-bred Poll have dates in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup.
Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint entrant Finest City — a PA-bred originally named City Envy — carries breeder Hank Nothhaft’s hopes into the fray.
In the first poll of the year in which all horses compete against each other, Stellar Wind is the clear choice as the top Midlantic-bred.
Cathryn Sophia remained the unanimous choice of voters as the region’s best three-year-old, while Stellar Wind holds down the top spot among older horses.
Stellar Wind’s victory over Beholder allowed her to head the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll for older horses, while Cathryn Sophia remains atop the 3-year-old list.