Saturday’s Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park will have an unmistakable Maryland flavor, what with five horses based here set to face the starter.
Red-hot John Jones, a winner of three straight, headlines Claiming Crown Preview day at Laurel Park November 6, featuring automatic berths to the Claiming Crown.
No Brakes is the nation’s top 11-year-old runner — and the Wayne Potts trainee shows no signs of slowing down.
Two promising youngsters – Greatbullsoffire and In Arrears – meet in Saturday’s Maryland Million Nursery.
Trainers Claudio Gonzalez and Wayne Potts benefited from trainer bonuses during the just-concluded Timonium meet, which saw handle grow 12 percent.
Mid-Atlantic claiming activity through the end of August 2016 is about 20 percent behind 2015 levels, according to our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity in the mid-Atlantic was flat on a month-over-month basis but 2016 to date lags well behind 2015, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity jumped in March versus the prior month, but the quarter trailed 2015 by a significant margin, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity remained sluggish in February, plus trainer stats, in our Claimbox report.
Claiming activity fell 25 percent in January ’16 versus 2015, a victim of many fewer days run in the region, plus trainer stats, in our Claimbox report.