Brilliant article by @DRFMoquin can’t thank him enough. It hit all the stops, my interests outside announcing, Sketchy, Umamusume the works!!
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Alpyland (2-1) roars home to win the Grade 3 Penn Mile at @HollywoodPenn by daylight. @markecasse trainee picked up two stakes wins in Florida over the winter and now adds a third, this time in graded stakes company. @jjcjockey aboard for his second stakes win Friday.
Bandiagara (6-1) musters a furious rally to win her North American debut in the $150,000 Penn Oaks at @HollywoodPenn. @miguelmclement said he was in a “honeymoon phase” with the 3YO filly earlier this week. Certainly understands her better now. Second stakes win for Manny Franco.
Eff Thirty Five ($6.80) sweeps past Bartlett to win the $75,000 Alphabet Soup Handicap at @HollywoodPenn. @BTRracingstable-trained gelding tried to win this one last year but didn’t have the closing kick. Gets it done with time to spare this year under @jjcjockey.
Modarosa ($3.80) rallies late to win a strung-out running of the $75,000 Lyphard, the first of four stakes Friday at @HollywoodPenn. @Riley_Mott trainee ships home and takes her stakes debut in tidy fashion under Manny Franco. Third win since the 5YO mare returned late last year.
Photos of Angel Katy, kindly passed along by Larry Smith. Can anyone else find or remember a horse who won at Laurel, Pimlico, Fair Hill, and Timonium?
Well, that was fast. With wins in the fifth and sixth races at both @parxracing and @DelParkRacing, Jamie Ness now has 5,000 career victories. Wins 4,999 and 5,000 came within minutes of one another at the two tracks.
5,000-Win Watch: With his score in the second at @parxracing, trainer Jamie Ness now stands at 4,996 career wins. He has two starters remaining on the Parx card and another three coming up at Delaware.
"Warming gives Motion pleasant surprise in Gallorette Stakes"
@DRFMoquin recaps the Grade 3 Gallorette Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park. @LaurelPark @GrahamMotion
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"Shifting back to grass, Turf Star rallies late to win James W. Murphy"
@DRFMoquin recaps the $100,000 James W. Murphy on Saturday at Laurel Park. @LaurelPark
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Make that two in a row for @Pacolopez1018, who leads every step of the way on Grant the Great (3-5) to close it out @LaurelPark. Kelly Breen shipped from Monmouth. Before the race, Chad Summers called out to the rider and told him to take it easy — he might need him soon.
Preakness-winning trainer Chad Summers is back in the paddock at @LaurelPark, saddling 8-1 shot Funky See Funky Do and giving Junior Alvarado instructions ahead of the 14th race. Jockey Xavier Perez gave the trainer a massive embrace when he saw him.
Alright gang, time to lock in. $52,000 maiden special weight coming up in the 14th at @LaurelPark. 2-1 favorite Grant the Great on his toes entering the paddock, 11 MTP.
Napoleon Solo (7-1) stalks early and peels off late to win the 151st Preakness Stakes at @LaurelPark. @Pacolopez1018 works out a masterful ride on the 3-year-old, who had not won since the Grade 1 Champagne last year. Now a two-time Grade 1 winner for Chad Summers.
Chasing Liberty ($9.20) exacts revenge on Outlaw Kid, winning a thrilling edition of the $125,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at @LaurelPark. Explosive duo finished 1–2 in the $100,000 King T. Leatherbury with Outlaw Kid on top, but @iradortiz helps turn the tables for Rob Atras.
Warming (8-1) delivers a fiery closing kick to win the Grade 3 Gallorette at @LaurelPark. Second stakes win today for @GrahamMotion, another one switching from synthetic to turf. @ljlmvel with the perfect late-running ride, worked with the 4YO filly the whole way.
Fort Washington (5-2) is all-class in the Grade 3 Dinner Party at @LaurelPark. With a sustained drive under @JuniorandKellyA, the 7YO holds off A Bourbon for Toby and picks up his first victory since taking the Grade 1 Arlington Million for Shug McGaughey last year.