On a day featuring three stakes at Laurel Park, Post Time was the star of the show, dominating his overmatched rivals in the Polynesian Stakes.
Post Time will drop into lighter company in Saturday’s Polynesian at Laurel Park – a possible stepping stone to his biggest test yet.
Short fields and upsets were the order of the day Sunday at Pimlico. topped by G2 winner Double Crown’s victory in the Polynesian Stakes.
Un Ojo, 75-1 shock winner of the 2022 Rebel, will seek his first stakes win (and first win of any kind) since in Sunday’s Polynesian at Pimlico.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Saturday at Laurel for the first time in 14 years, with three mounts, including Roadster in the Polynesian.
Roadster, winner of the 2019 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, hasn’t won since and will try to get back on track in Saturday’s Polynesian S. at Laurel Park.
Joe Bravo won his seventh Monmouth Park stake of 2020, while Angel Cruz and Claudio Gonzalez hooked up for two Laurel stakes wins.
Please Flatter Me, second to the brilliant Covfefe last out, got back to winning in the Alma North, while Cordmaker took the Polynesian at Laurel Park.
The overall championship of the MATCH Series, as well as several divisions, have yet to be determined, but here are four races that have defined the series thus far.
Laki and Lewisfield crossed the wire in Sunday’s Polynesian Stakes at Laurel together, with Laki put up via DQ to take the lead in the MATCH Series.