Made Bail will try to get sprung into stakes company in the Marylander at Laurel for owner-trainer Susan Cooney – helping make up for Embarr’s retirement.
Hard-hitter Embarr won the Brookmeade Stakes for Virginia-bred distaffers, while Rose Brier won the Bert Allen, on Virginia-bred day at Laurel Park.
A West Virginia-bred carries the Midlantic-bred banner into battle in a Saratoga stake named for a Maryland-bred.
Embarr’s name means “imagination.” Yet her success and talent are anything but imaginary, as she hopes to demonstrate in the G3 Gallorette Saturday.
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Embarr took the lead in mid-stretch and held on to win the Dahlia Stakes at Pimlico for the second straight year.