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Indiana-bred Nobody Listens won his second consecutive turf race when he captured Saturday’s $250,000 Turf Monster (G3) at Parx Racing.

Big Everest, a three-time stakes winner beaten as the favorite in his last start; graded stakes-winning turf sprinter Cazadero, and Highestdistinction, who upset Big Everest in their last meeting, top a list of 20 horses nominated to the $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) Saturday, Sept. 16 at Pimlico Race Course.

The best and brightest horses representing the Virginia breeding and certified program were on display Saturday in Commonwealth Champions Day at Colonial Downs.

Colonial Downs culminates its opening week action with four Virginia-Bred Stakes, each featuring a $125,000 purse.

The Virginia Thoroughbred Alliance announced the winners of its annual Championship Awards at the Virginia Gold Cup held over the weekend. The awards recognize the top Virginia-bred horses, trainers, and breeders for their achievements in racing over the past year.

Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables, and Sterling Stables' Beer Can Man, the lone also-eligible that drew into the field following four early scratches, forged a short lead in midstretch and held on for a neck victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Maryland has been home to champion racehorses through the years.

A total of 143 nominations were made to a four $100,000 stakes, two each on dirt and turf, on the Saturday, Sept. 24 program during closing weekend of Pimlico Race Course’s fall meet.

Trainer Christophe Clement had high praise for Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s graded-stakes winner Big Invasion after he took down the $150,000 Mahony, a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint for sophomores, on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course.

Colonial Downs kicked off its "More Racing, More Money, More Fun" summer racing season in grand fashion Monday