A pair of runners on the Top Midlantic-bred Polls are favored in Grade 1 races this weekend.
On this morning’s edition of Off to the Races Radio, jockey Victory Espinoza said Stellar Wind has come back in 2017 “very, very strong.”
Stellar Wind’s victory in the G1 Apple Blossom moved her to the head of the Top Midlantic-bred class, while Irish War Cry is tops among three-year-olds.
Stellar Wind will be honored as Virginia-bred horse of the year Friday evening in a ceremony at Great Meadow, as will the divisional champions.
In our latest weekend wrap, some stars return, and youngsters show promise.
Stellar Wind, the speedy Virginia-bred star, is 3-5 on the morning line for the G1 Apple Blossom Friday at Oaklawn Park in her season debut.
Two apprentice jocks based in the mid-Atlantic, and two horses bred here, are among the just-announced finalists for Eclipse Awards.
How’d the horses with mid-Atlantic connections do in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup action? We have the story.
Four of the seven members of the Top Midlantic-bred Poll have dates in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup.
Trainer Larry Jones seeks his first Breeders’ Cup win, plus other news and notes on Breeders’ Cup runners with Midlantic connections.