Trainers Mary Eppler and Lacey Gaudet come from different generations and backgrounds. But, lives linked, both find themselves in the spotlight now.
Part 3 of 4 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.
Saturday’s New Year’s Eve card was also Ladies’ Day at Laurel Park, with four female trainers and a couple distaff runners grabbing the spotlight.
John Jones returned to his Maryland base triumphantly, taking the Jennings Stakes in a race marred by the fatal breakdown of Just Jack.
Saturday’s Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park will have an unmistakable Maryland flavor, what with five horses based here set to face the starter.
Sunday’s Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park hopes to drum up excitement for the event itself. Let’s say that excitement is still developing.
John Jones ran his win streak to four and earned a Claiming Crown berth with an easy win today at Laurel Park — one of three on the day for trainer Lacey Gaudet.
John Jones, winner of three straight, will look to stretch out in Sunday’s $60,000 feature on Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park.
Red-hot John Jones, a winner of three straight, headlines Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park November 6, featuring automatic berths to the Claiming Crown.
In our newest blog, Lacey Gaudet discusses how 40-1 John Jones won the Mister Diz… plus a Maryland Pride Day gallery.