Anyone can see that the Thoroughbred industry faces challenging times. But that uncertainty feels a lot different to those who work in the racing industry.
A Maryland-bred and a Virginia-bred will represent Midlantic-breds in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame at Saratoga today.
It’s a cliché to talk about the love that backstretch workers have for the horses. But ask them, and they’ll tell you about it, in this week’s Spa Diary.
A lone stake, a lone Midlantic-bred, and a long way to run at Saratoga.
Main Sequence seemed unlikely to accomplish much. Then he found his way to Graham Motion’s Fair Hill barn and won the G1 United Nations. A star was born.
Fortune Pearl earned her first stakes victory with an impressive score in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks.
A full field is slated to run in Saturday’s Robert Dick Memorial at Delaware Park, and Graham Motion will have two shots at a seventh win in the event.
The rich get richer as trainer Todd Pletcher won Pimlico’s $50,000 bonus for stakes performances last weekend. Local trainers finished second and third.
This week’s On Tap features three stakes on opening weekend at Pimlico.
Ilikecandy took the bulk of the wagering money and proved the bettors prescient, cruising to a seven-length win in the Maryland Racing Media Stakes.