After the two biggest races of Maryland Million day, one trainer fought back tears, while one owner couldn’t stop talking.
Eighttofasttocatch took the Maryland Million Classic field gate to wire to become the first horse to win three Classics and become the sixth 3-time Million day winner.
Ben’s Cat and Eighttofasttocatch have won almost 40 races and $3 million. The message of Wednesday’s Maryland Million draw: Enjoy ’em while you can.
With two races left in his career, Eighttofasttocatch is among three horses seeking Maryland Million repeats this Saturday.
Maryland Million pre-entries came out today, with 188 nominated to the nine stakes on the card.
Saturday’s Laurel Park card included four stakes — and a handful of horses, including defending Turf and Classic champs, targeting Maryland Million day.
Hard-hitting Eighttofasttocatch will make his return to the races Saturday as Laurel Park’s fall meet kicks off.
Arnold Heft, who owned top Maryland-bred Eighttofasttocatch, has passed away at age 94.
Two Maryland-breds — Eighttofasttocatch and Joint Custody — took open stakes on Saturday at Laurel, and the big winner may have been the Maryland-bred program itself.
On a day with a pair of juvenile stakes, veteran campaigner Eighttofasttocatch stole the show with his 10th career stake victory.