Author: Ted Black

Plan ahead and plenty of water: riders, trainers beat the heat

Some tracks canceled Saturday, but the show went on at Laurel Park, and trainers and riders told us how they beat the heat.

The speedy Maggie’s Girl has won her first two starts and, for trainer Tim Grams, conjured up memories of a couple of earlier distaff stars.

Jubawithatwist became Charles Town’s first two-year-old winner of the year on a June 30 card that featured first-out winners in starring roles.

Two-time WV-bred horse of the year Muad’dib snapped a brief losing streak June 16, and his connections are targeting the biggest local race.

Last-out stakes winner Lucylou Who headlines a contentious group of WV-breds set to contest Charles Town’s Fancy Buckles Stakes Saturday.

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