Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.
Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic features a purse of $1.25 million and a contentious, wide open field topped by Donworth and local star Page McKenney.
Horacio Karamanos has won nearly 1900 races and these days is thriving as the rider for two of the top Maryland-based runners, Page McKenney and Lady Sabelia.
In the second Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2016, speedy soph Cathryn Sophia and hard-hitting Page McKenney led their divisions.
A half-dozen Grade 1 winners are among the 56 horses nominated to next month’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.
The ultra-consistent Page McKenney has been named Pennsylvania-bred Horse of the Year by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2016, speedy soph Cathryn Sophia and hard-hitting Page McKenney to their divisions.
Six-year-old Page McKenney shortened up from route distances to take today’s Grade 3 General George Stakes at Laurel Park for his first graded score.
Favored Page McKenney will bypass Saturday’s Campbell for Monday’s richer, Grade 3 General George at Laurel Park.
It’s been a surreal journey, says Adam Staple, who paid just $16,000 to claim Page McKenney, now a millionaire and the favorite in Saturday’s Campbell at Laurel.