Victor Carrasco, last year’s Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jock, won four at Pimlico on Saturday to close in on meet leading rider Trevor McCarthy.
Parx shipper Made Up crushed a good allowance field to take the featured race at Pimlico on Derby day.
Pimlico’s turf superintendent estimated that 6.2 million gallons of water were dumped on the track yesterday. That didn’t bother Trevor McCarthy.
In today’s RaceBrief, leading Pimlico rider Trevor McCarthy gets suspended, and Charles Town rider Victor Rodriguez gets off his mount — in mid-race.
Fred Tallarico worked as a Pimlico usher for 59 Preaknesses. This past Sunday at Pimlico was “Fred’s Day at the Races,” in the latest “Unsung Racing.”
Kennesaw Mountain stuck his nose in front at the head of the lane and held off D C Dancer in a long duel to the wire, his third straight win, at Pimlico.
Heading into the last weekend at Laurel Park, four trainers had a shot at the training title. And once the dust had settled, all four end up with a share.
Our RaceBrief racing notebook grabs some of yesterday’s highlights and looks ahead to the future.
Trevor McCarthy’s 17 multi-win days at Laurel this year have propelled him to his first riding title.
This week’s On Tap features prep races at Charles Town, closing weekend at Laurel Park, and Top Midlantic-bred Poll leading older horse in action.