Maryland-bred multiple graded stakes winner Post Time heads several horses with connections to Maryland pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup.
Multiple graded stakes-winning Maryland-bred had his final local work Saturday before leaving for California and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.
Maryland-bred Post Time, now Breeders’ Cup-bound, has taken the top spot in the newest Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Maryland-bred Post Time is set to give trainer Brittany Russell, husband/jockey Sheldon Russell, and owner Ellen Charles their first Breeders’ Cup runner.
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.
With a Grade 1 win and two other stakes scores this year, New Jersey-bred Book’em Danno is currently the leader in the Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Multiple graded stakes winner Post Time will take a “big swing” in Saturday’s Grade 1, nine-furlong Whitney, his first two-turn try.
The latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll sees several horses who starred over Belmont weekend among the leaders, including Book’em Danno and Post Time.
Book’em Danno won the G1 Woody Stephens to head a Midlantic-bred assault on Saratoga, as eight horses bred here finished one-two in stakes.