Corvus, winner of the 2015 Maryland Million Nursery, may once again appear on Million day, following an easy turf allowance score at Laurel Park.
The 31st annual Jim McKay Maryland Million day will take place October 22 at Laurel Park.
What did Saturday’s Maryland Million look like? A photo gallery of the day’s sights.
In horse racing, and life, it’s a good idea to have a backup plan. Just ask the connections of Maryland Million winners Corvus and Admirals War Chest.
Handle jumped, the crowd was big, and everybody but (perhaps) King Leatherbury had a good time at Saturday’s Maryland Million at Laurel Park.
In addition to the Classic, Turf, and Sprint, there was plenty of other stakes action on Maryland Million day.
Admirals War Chest bounded out of the gate to the lead and just held on late to earn a neck victory in the 30th Maryland Million Classic Saturday at Laurel.
The rapidly improving Phlash Phelps scored his fourth straight win, taking today’s Maryland Million Turf by about a length over Roadhog.
Six-year-old Jack’s in the Deck lodged his first stakes win since 2011 in upsetting Ben’s Cat in the Maryland Million Sprint.
No race has been less kind to favorites than the Maryland Million Ladies, where longshots routinely prevail. We catch up to three of those outsiders.