Graded winner Point of Honor back for a ‘major’ campaign

Grade 2 winner Point of Honor, off since a runner-up finish last August in Saratoga’s Alabama Stakes (G1), is back in the entries Saturday to begin a season of high expectations.
Read MoreGrade 2 winner Point of Honor, off since a runner-up finish last August in Saratoga’s Alabama Stakes (G1), is back in the entries Saturday to begin a season of high expectations.
Read MoreIndependence Hall, who suffered his first career loss in the Sam F. Davis (G3) Feb. 8, is being pointed to make his next start in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) March 28 at Gulfstream Park.
Read MoreSharing, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last fall, could make her 3-year-old debut in May while prepping for a possible start at Royal Ascot, trainer Graham Motion said this week.
Read MoreOhio will attempt to become only the second back-to-back winner of the prestigious Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) when he runs back in the March 7 turf feature at Santa Anita Park.
Read MoreThe third annual Renaissance Awards, a collaborative effort among the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club which recognizes excellence in Thoroughbred racing and breeding in Maryland in the past year, was held on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe
Read MoreFor a moment there, it looked like Independence Hall might’ve been a 1-5 shot when the Sam F. Davis is run Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.
Read MoreSon of Tapit stands for $12,500 in 2020.
Read MoreTrainer Mike Trombetta said Monday afternoon that Independence Hall will make his next start in the Feb. 8 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs, where the colt has been training for several weeks.
Read MoreIt was with typical grace and humility that Graham Motion accepted the news that his Breeders’ Cup winner, Sharing, had been voted the Midlantic-bred Horse of the Year in the final Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2019.
Read MoreSometimes it’s a struggle to choose the Top Midlantic-bred — too many worthy contenders, too little separation one from another.
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