The annual MHBA Yearling Show, with judge Michael Stidham, will take place June 30 in TImonium.
Alfresco – by Tapit out of Hall of Famer Ashado – was bred to be a star and took the first step towards that today at Delaware, winning at first asking.
The Michael Stidham-trained Elsa, who won easily at first asking at Laurel Park, is favored in Saturday’s grassy Selima Stakes.
Elsa, a two-year-old daughter of Animal Kingdom, broke her maiden impressively at first asking Friday at Laurel Park.
Trainers Graham Motion and Mike Stidham both are aiming to take down Breeders’ Cup juvenile races with promising Fair Hill-based runners.
From a champ’s final victory to early successes for newcomers, here are eight stories from Delaware Park that mattered this season.
Longtime Arlington trainer Mike Stidham has 50 or so horses at Delaware Park this year. If you don’t adapt, he says, “you’ll be left in the dust.”
No Dozing, placed in four graded stakes, is 6-5 on the morning line for the seven-furlong Concern Stakes at Laurel Park.