Jockey Trevor McCarthy won twice to spice up a four-stakes card this past weekend at Laurel Park.
Almanaar and Sunny Ridge were won the first graded stakes of the year at Monmouth Park.
Millionaire Sunny Ridge earned honors as NJ-bred Horse of the Year for 2018, while G3 winner Golden Brown was named top turf horse.
Sunny Ridge, a New Jersey-bred, will become a millionaire with a win Saturday in the G3 Salvator Mile, a race which is part of the MATCH Series.
Trainer Jason Servis spent some of his formative years living in a trailer park in Charles Town. Saturday he’ll saddle Sunny Ridge to try to win $750,000 there.
Stanford will look to defend his G2 Charles Town Classic title Saturday against a field that includes 2014 champ Imperative.
The state’s breeders have named Sunny Ridge top New Jersey-bred of 2016, with Irish War Cry top freshman.
New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge too his second consecutive stakes win in today’s Stymie at Aqueduct.
New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge won the Jazil Stakes at Aqueduct yesterday over the same strip where he won last year’s Grade 3 Withers.
Part 3 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.