Misconnect rallied late to upset today’s Grade 3 General George Handicap under an astute, well-timed ride by Kendrick Carmouche.
Jockey Forest Boyce traveled from New Orleans to ride Ghost Bay in today’s Maryland Juvenile Futurity. That was a wise move, as he rolled to a 4-length score.
Eighttofasttocatch’s victory Saturday set a Jennings wins record, pushed the horse past a coveted earnings mark. Closed his career. Fulfilled a dream.
Eighttofasttocatch romped in the slop to become the first four-time winner of the Jennings Handicap and surpass $1 million in career earnings in his final race.
Journeyman rider Forest Boyce, one of the stalwarts of the Maryland riding colony in recent years, will shift her tack to Fair Grounds Race Course this winter.
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.
Medea closed from off-the-pace to post a half-length score in the Lady Baltimore Stakes at Laurel Park.
A West Virginia-bred carries the Midlantic-bred banner into battle in a Saratoga stake named for a Maryland-bred.
Embarr’s name means “imagination.” Yet her success and talent are anything but imaginary, as she hopes to demonstrate in the G3 Gallorette Saturday.