The Colonial Downs meet closed Saturday with five Virginia-bred races, including a rare visit by Kent Desormeaux to New Kent to win the Camptown.
Bull Shark, an easy winner at first asking, impressed with an allowance score in his second career start today at Laurel Park.
The new cushioned riding crops are designed to be kinder to horses.
Leading rider Trevor McCarthy continued to clean up at Laurel Park, winning five on the Friday card.
Two trainers and two jocks had big weeks with maidens during the past week.
Uncontested made a run at the track record in a dazzling triumph in Saturday’s Grade 3 General George at Laurel Park.
Three riders in a nasty accident Friday at Laurel Park escaped serious injuries with one of them, Horacio Karamanos, back in action Saturday.
A two-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, Amino scored at second asking today in a solid maiden heat at Laurel Park.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy escaped injury Thursday at Laurel Park after a bumping incident that saw him and Jevian Toledo briefly sharing the same mount.
Dark Artist won her third straight in Monmouth’s Open Mind, while Aztec Sense made it four in a row in the Turning for Home at Parx Racing.