Trainers based at Pimlico hope it won’t come to it, but they’ve already begun figuring out a future when they can’t stable at Old Hilltop.
Jockey Katie Davis scored in her first race of 2018, plus other news and notes from today’s Laurel Park card.
Which trainers are hottest at Laurel Park? We look beyond the standard metrics.
Jockey Feargal Lynch took the Pimlico riding title, while Kieron Magee, Mary Eppler, and Jerry Robb tied for top trainer honors.
In our February Claimbox report: claiming activity is off by 4.5 percent versus 2017, plus trainers have been the busiest?
Leading Laurel Park jockey Jorge Vargas, jr. says he’s “just going for the moment,” which is working out well, to the tune of 35 wins at the meet thus far.
Which trainers are having the best season at Laurel Park? We wanted to look beyond simply wins; here’s one alternative.
In our February Claimbox report: claiming activity is off by 4.5 percent versus 2017, plus trainers have been the busiest?
In our January Claimbox report: claiming activity in the region was off by nearly 10 percent, and three trainers led the rest with seven claims each.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic region rose 6 percent in 2017, with the value of those claims topping $24 million, according to our Claimbox report.