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Graham Motion, a native of England who has been a mainstay on the Maryland circuit for more than three decades, claimed the top prize of $50,000 in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 trainer bonus
Therapist, a recent Grade 2 winner and nine-time stakes winner, headlines a field of 11 turf marathoners that entered the Louisville Stakes
At 9-years-young, seasoned veteran Red Knight earned his first Grade 1 victory in Saturday’s Man o’ War at Belmont Park, and trainer Mike Maker said the Pure Prize gelding could be back for more high caliber action during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with the $750,000 Manhattan (G1) at 1 1/4 miles on June 10 and the $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2) at two miles on June 9 under consideration.
Trinity Farm’s New York homebred Red Knight attained Grade 1 glory at the age of 9 when posting a rallying 1 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s $600,000 Man o’ War, a 1 3/8-mile inner turf test for older horses, at Belmont Park.
A field of eight older runners is set to go to the post in Saturday's Grade 1 Man o' War Stakes over a marathon distance at Belmont Park.