The turf track at Fair Hill, Maryland has hosted some of thoroughbred racing's best jump horses over the years, but it's been very quiet since the pandemic.

The Fair Hill Races have lineage back to 1934, but the need for an upgraded turf surface, along with funding issues, led to a six-year pause that will end Saturday with the renamed "Races at Fair Hill" at the Fair Hill Special Events Zone at 4600 Telegraph Road (Route 273), five miles west of Newark.

All six of Saturday's races will be contested on flat surfaces, but at higher weights that signify horses that have, or will eventually be trying, jump races.

The event is being hosted by the Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland, which hosts the annual Maryland 5* event at Fair Hill, and also sponsors the Preakness Stakes, the

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