Champion Nitrogen returned to the work tab March 22 at Oaklawn Park with a sizzling half-mile workout over a fast track for dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse.
In a year in which three Maryland-bred runners were grade 1 winners, including a Breeders' Cup win, Mindframe is the 2025 Maryland-bred Horse of the Year, as well as champion older male.
Though he will spend the final weekend of the 2025-2026 Championship Meet honoring out-of-town commitments, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. put the finishing touches on an expected record-extending seventh riding title Sunday at Gulfstream Park.
After winning the Essex Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said Skippylongstocking would likely make his next start in the Alysheba Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs May 1.
Champion Nitrogen returned to the work tab March 22 at Oaklawn Park with a sizzling half-mile workout over a fast track for dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse.
According to trainer Michael McCarthy, Journalism could return in either the Oaklawn Handicap (G2) at Oaklawn Park or Ben Ali Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, both April 18, or wait for the Alysheba Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs May 1.
The New York Racing Association announced that the 2026 start of turf racing at Aqueduct Racetrack will be moved back two weeks due to the impact of heavy snowfall in January and February paired with continued cold overnight temperatures in March.
Powerful colt Guest House put a gilt-edged seal on his young sire Home Affairs' exciting stud career by delivering an immediate victory in the most important race in Australian breeding with his dominant Golden Slipper Stakes (G1) triumph March 21.