RaceBrief for September 29: Weekend stakes gallery
Our weekend stakes gallery features Monmouth’s final stake of the season and a half-dozen turf stakes from Laurel Park.
Our weekend stakes gallery features Monmouth’s final stake of the season and a half-dozen turf stakes from Laurel Park.
Only a small percentage of horses succeed at the track. Kip Elser has been beating the odds — and turning yearlings into sale-toppers — for more than three decades.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet discusses physical handicapping and the Laurel Futurity and shares a Jackpot Pick 5 ticket.
On tap: Laurel has drawn huge fields to six grass stakes, Monmouth showcases Jersey-breds, and two members of the Top Midlantic-bred Poll race.
Claiming activity rose for the second straight week, plus the region’s leaders, in our Claimbox report.
In our latest “Behind the numbers” feature, we discover that it pays to be a trainer at Parx Racing – something with which Chad Brown would certainly agree.
Sales consignor Bill Reightler will have next week’s Fasig-Tipton sale’s biggest group on offer — and he has plenty for pinhookers and end users.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her Pick 3 ticket, and we dig into her handicapping toolbox for maiden races.
California Chrome. Untapable. Miss Behaviour. Graded stakes at three different tracks. What’s on tap this weekend is a heady brew, indeed.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll in which three-year-olds and their elders faced off, five-year-old PA-bred Real Solution earned the top spot.