Trainer Ron Potts finished one-two in Sunday night’s $100,000 Mark McDermott Stakes for Pennsylvania-bred 2-year-olds when the filly Diamond Dollar ran down pacesetter Sixers City in deep stretch. It was the second straight year Potts and owner The Elkstone Group have won the six-furlong McDermott at Presque Isle Downs. “One went and the other one Read more »
Month: September 2016
Lucy N Ethel Remains Unbeaten With Prioress Win
J A G Racing and Jettany Thoroughbred Corp.’s homebred Lucy N Ethel, unraced since January of this year, was the frontrunning winner of Sunday’s Grade 2 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga. Defeating a field of nine other sophomore fillies, the daughter of During led from the start and refused to relinquish her advantage, crossing under the Read more »
Awesome Slew Dazzles in G3 Smarty Jones
Parx Racing capped off its Labor Day weekend with a terrific Monday afternoon program that featured four stakes including three of its major stakes of the year. Topping the card were the G3 $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at one mile and one-sixteenth for three year-olds, the G3 $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap, a five furlong turf Read more »