RaceBrief for April 7
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Trainer King Leatherbury thinks he takes too much for granted. His focus Saturday was on appreciating the remarkable Ben’s Cat, who won his fifth Mister Diz.
Ben’s Cat opened his 2014 campaign on familiar turf, winning the Mister Diz Stakes at Pimlico for the fifth straight time.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.
This week’s On Tap features three stakes on opening weekend at Pimlico.
King Leatherbury, who turned 81 today, saddled his first winner in 1959. He’s eighth on the Laurel Park trainer list this meet and hoping for a big spring.
“I’m still doing what I love every day,” says trainer King Leatherbury. That includes readying Ben’s Cat for possible fifth Mister Diz win.