Please note, the August 2025 event WILL NOT have jump racing or timber racing. The event will only have flat racing. Parking lots and Main Entrance opens at 11 A.M.
Race Conditions & Selections
FIRST RACE – 1:00 P.M.
TOTAL PURSES $150,000
ENTRIES CLOSE 11:00 A.M. – MONDAY, AUGUST 25.
SCRATCHES BY 11:00 A.M. – TUESDAY, AUGUST 26.
There will be 40-45 minutes in between each race
FIRST RACE – Maiden Flat
Purse $30,000. For Maidens, Three-Year-Olds and Upward. One Mile and One Half on the Turf (1 5/8 miles).
Past Performance Information-Click Here
Insight from This Is Horse Racing: HOMESTEAD actually won at Laurel in April, but got disqualified for interference. Home game for him as he’s based across the street. Jockey has won more than 200 races on the flat. DE LA CRUZ just missed at Presque Isle when second at Presque Isle Downs July 30. Changes barns in advance of potential hurdle career. But he’s still a maiden after 11 starts. He should win today. Champion jump jockey Watters takes call. Feel free to yell, “Come on, Elly” as he sprints for home. BENJIS BENEFIT exits decent try over jumps at Colonial.
SECOND RACE – Filly/Mare Maiden Flat
Purse $30,000. For Maiden Fillies/Mares, Three-Year-Olds and Upward. One Mile and One Half on the Turf (1 5/8 miles).
Past Performance Information: Click Here
Insight from This is Horse Racing: LORRAINE (fifth) and AWESOME MCKINZIE (sixth) come out of the same race at Colonial Downs in August. They were three-quarters of a length apart that day and are the horses to beat today. Lorraine has been second six times so she’s excellent at getting close. Breezed three times on this course this summer so she knows the place. Love that she’s done her best work at extended distances. Awesome McKinzie might be rounding into form and tries extended distance. CAMCHA has some OK flat form back there. She’s better than her last two.
THIRD RACE – Starter Allowance Flat
Purse $20,000. For Three-Year-Olds and Upward which have started for a claiming price of $16,000 or less in the last three flat starts. One Mile and One Half on the Turf.
Past Performance Information: Click Here
Insight from This is Horse Racing: GETTIN’DOWNONIT made up a ton of ground to be third last time at Colonial Downs. Gets more ground to work with here and could be sitting on big effort. FIGHTNOMOREFOREVER should draw in off the AE list with the expected scratch of Big Big Star. He’s been second twice this year. MORTAL SIN won an off-the-turf race at Delaware Park 10 days ago and gets right back to work for Fair Hill trainer. Fenwick ran in the Preakness in 2022, but needed to drop to the $8,000 claiming level to win in April. Favorite Big Big Star is expected to scratch, which makes this way more competitive.
FOURTH RACE – Starter Allowance Flat
Purse $20,000. For Fillies/Mares, Three-Year-Olds and Upward which have started for a claiming price of $16,000 or less in the last three flat starts. One Mile and One Half on the Turf (1 5/8 miles).
Past Performance Information: Click Here
Insight From This Is Horse Racing: Look for value. Well-bred GOSSIPER ought to appreciate the trip and brings three wins to her first start for trainer Arch Kingsley. TARTAN GREEN is 10-1 on the morning line and has put together a few good races this year including a win at Delaware Park in June and a second last time at Presque Isle. BALI KUTA finished third at Colonial in July.
FIFTH RACE – Brown Advisory Flat Race for Jumpers
Purse $30,000. For Four-Year-Olds and Upward which have started over jumps. One Mile and One Half on the Turf (1 5/8 miles).
Past Performance Information: Click Here
Insight from This is Horse Racing: Runners must have started over fences, so you have to dig a little for flat form. Also, look for some of these in the Grade 1 hurdle race at Aqueduct next month. GASTON was pretty good in Canada for Kevin Attard in 2022-23. Can he settle and make a run? WELSHMAN’S flat form goes back to 2021, but it’s there. He needs to rebuild his season after two dull spring hurdle tries. MOONSHINE TIME is sneaky at hopefully a price. Never actually run on the flat, b ut he’s got a jump race or two back there that would win this. Evie’s Prince might be favored in a jump race. Can he quicken late going shorter?
SIXTH RACE – The Valentine Family Flat Race for Jumpers
Purse $30,000. One Mile and One Half on the Turf (1 5/8 miles).
Past Performance Information: Click Here
Insight from This is Horse Racing: Like the previous race, this is restricted to horses who have started over jumps. Who’s Counting ran at Saratoga Wednesday, so he’s a scratch. He would have been a major player. QUICK CAT should draw in off the also-eligible list and could pull an upset at what is hopefully a big price. Sticking with the feline theme, KITTEN MISCHIEF won twice on the flat and wasn’t disgraced in stakes company. He won his only jump start in April 2024, then went to the sidelines. Is he ready? MODERN SCIENCE also has stakes form on the flat, in 2021, and won in Minnesota in 2023. Pedigree says distance won’t be a problem.