Following her recent 12 3/4-length win in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes Presented by Ford, Nitrogen will set her sights on a highly anticipated showdown against males in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Laurel Park hosts one of Maryland’s best race days of year Saturday, June 27, highlighted by the track’s premier summer sprint race, the $175,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes. The De Francis Dash going six furlongs on the main track headlines an 11-race card featuring four stakes races at Laurel that also includes the $125,000 Japan Racing Association Turf Cup, the $125,000 Deputed Testamony Stakes, and the $125,000 Alma North Stakes.
The Wise Dan Stakes honors one of America’s very best turf milers. The 2020 Hall of Famer was a two-time Horse of the Year, champion male turfer and champion older male in 2012-2013. He also defeated international competition in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in both of those years.
