Undefeated Gifted Heart, the only two-time winner in the field, will try for the hat trick in Saturday’s Dickie Moore Stakes at Charles Town Races.
With a bigger purse and longer distance, Laurel’s Selima Stakes may be poised to become more prominent, and trainer Phil Schoenthal’s one who welcomes it.
It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.
Two-year-old fillies Gifted Heart and Hello Beautiful impressed today at Laurel Park, and could see each other soon, perhaps in the Maryland Million.
The story of trainer Phil Schoenthal’s son Emerson, and of heart donor Emerson Dean – connected through the beating heart that kept two Emersons alive.
The recently completed Fasig-Tipton yearling sale saw bright spots with some new buyers and new sires, but the mid- and down-market ranges continued to be spotty, participants said.
River Gal won the Jamestown Stakes today at Laurel Park, the latest in an equine family that’s been very good to Morgan’s Ford Farm.
The 61-day fall meet at Laurel Park features 34 stakes worth over $3.4 million and opens on Friday, September 7.
Saturday’s Maryland Pride Day served as a celebration of the state’s racing past, present, and future, with four stakes races and the induction of two Hall of Famers.
Four Virginia-bred stakes were taken off the turf at Laurel last Saturday – but owners, trainers, and jocks were undeterred and the show went on.