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The Elkstone Group’s homebred colt Joe puts a three-race win streak on the line when he returns to action in Saturday’s Private Terms.
Luna Belle, the newly crowned champion Maryland-bred juvenile filly of 2021, breezed Friday morning at Laurel Park ahead of a planned start in the $100,000 Beyond the Wire March 19.
Bird Mobberley’s Local Motive, still a work in progress for trainer John Salzman Jr., took another step forward Saturday at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md., with a two-length victory in the $100,000 Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds. The 27th running of the one-mile Miracle Wood and the 29th renewal of the $100,000 Wide Country for 3-year-old fillies were among six stakes, two graded, worth $900,000 on a rich winter program headlined by the $250,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3) and $250,000 General George (G3) for older sprinters.
Over the last four and a half years, there isn’t much that jockey Victor Carrasco and Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker haven’t done together.The Eclipse Award winner as champion apprentice of 2013 was up when Cordmaker, a chestnut son of two-time Horse of the Year and 2014 Hall of Famer Curlin, ran third in his Aug. 19, 2017, debut at Laurel Park in Maryland.Carrasco, 29, will be back aboard for the 25th time and 10th in a row in Saturday’s $250,000 General George (G3).
With his stakes-winning stablemate, Joe, staying in the barn, Sonata Stable’s Conclusive will get the opportunity to follow up on an impressive victory last time out and earn a stakes win of his own in the $100,000 Miracle Wood Saturday, Feb. 19, at Laurel Park in Maryland.