Hibiscus Punch, stunning winner of last year’s G3 Barbara Fritchie, is among 27 nominated to the 2022 renewal of that race.
Six Laurel Park stakes scheduled for Jan. 22 will be run a week later, one of several schedule and purse tweaks in response to missed racing days.
Completing our 2021 wrapup, we remember some of the most important, exciting and memorable Mid-Atlantic races of 2021.
Hibiscus Punch, upset winner of February’s Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel Park, will tackle a tougher opponent Saturday in Gamine.
The day after Hibiscus Punch posted a stunning win in the G3 Fritchie, trainer Justin Nixon said she was doing well while he savored the moment.
Longshots led the way home in a stunning Barbara Fritchie Stakes renewal, with Hibiscus Punch (40-1) best of all.
Trainer Eddie Gaudet won the 1991 General George, and now 30 years later, his daughter Lacey Gaudet hopes to annex the G3 Fritchie with Dontletsweetfoolya.
Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie and General George stakes are the two biggest races of the winter in Maryland. Here, some facts and figs about them…
The General George wasn’t renamed, the Fritchie arguably ought to be, and who doesn’t have races in their honor says something, too.
Trainer Brittany Russell and Hello Beautiful are gunning for their first graded victories in Saturday’s G3 Fritchie – not bad for a $6,500 purchase.