Timonium on the way to the last weekend * The Racing Biz

During the opening weekend in Timonium, trainer Anthony Farrior was zoomed to the top of the rankings, while the racing side is the racing side on the jockey side.

Timonium’s fast, seven -day stand ends this weekend. The Maryland State Fair Track racet on Friday through Labor Day Monday and then disappears another year.

Farrior, last year’s leading trainer, went 5-out-10 to establish an early lead. Jose Corrales (3-out-12) is his nearest pursuer. Farrior has entered 24 horses in the last four days of the meeting, while Corrales has 18, so there is a good chance that they will end a two in the rankings.

Other trainers with several victories during the opening weekend were Jamie Ness and Troy Singh, both 2-out-5, and Hugh McMahon (2-out-4). Nineteen trainers won at least one race.

Farrioror has won 2.04 more races than his chances had predicted, the highest total of extra victories. Of those trainers with four or more starts, McMahon is second (0.84), followed by Singh (0.79), Corrales (0.65) and Rudy Sanchez-Salomon (0.23).

Carlos Lopez (4-out-17) and Yedsit Hazlewood (4-out-10) lead the jockey classification in victories, but there is a crowd behind them. Marshall Mendez and Tais Lyapustina have three victories each, while Jorge Hernandez, Andres Chavez and Arnaldo Bocachica have two. Fourteen riders have at least one victory.

This is what this weekend is on tap at the Big T:

• On Friday Maryland is Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Day, with a smart corner and warning that is included in the Hall of Fame. The nine-race program is emphasized by two Maryland-restricted reimbursement competitions.
• The nine-race program of Saturday an allowance/optional claimant for two-year-olds, a second level fee for older runners and another Maryland-restricted competition for mares and mares. Also on tap: a live interpretation of the national anthem of Kate Solomon and a rescue dog dash between races one and two.
• Mia Gorman will perform the national anthem live on Sunday. The eight-racing card includes a limited compensation for older runners split into two divisions that go 6 ½ Furlongs.
• Labor Day Monday is close day for the Big T. The eight-racing program is concluded with a Maryland-restricted fee that goes 1 1/16 miles and a first special weight for two-year-olds who rage four Furlongs.

Post time in Timonium is 12:10 pm