Bell Gable Stable LLC’s Somekindofmagician has proven he’s only getting better with age as the hard-knocking 7-year-old gelding won a three-horse photo by a nose to secure a long-awaited victory in the $100,000 Maryland Million Turf at Laurel Park on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Gordon C. Keys homebred Grateful Bred delivered another stellar performance in the $75,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap, leading gate-to-wire to secure a one and a half-length victory over nine rivals on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Laurel Park.
Mint Meadows Farm LLC and Donald Metzger’s B Determined made sure he had the last word in $50,000 Maryland Million Turf Starter Handicap, for horses certified to Maryland Million and/or registered Maryland-breds, as he kicked off the festivities on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Laurel Park, winning in the first race of the day by a head.
Mill Hill Stable LLC’s homebred Millie Child provided her connections a thrilling conclusion to Maryland Million Day as she battled down the stretch to earn her first stakes victory in the $50,000 Maryland Million Turf Distaff Starter Handicap, for horses certified to Maryland Million and/or registered Maryland-breds, the final of 12 races at Laurel Park on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Abuelitas Racing Stables’ Calypso Ghost wasn’t going to be outdone by challenger Littlebitalily as she stuck a neck out in front to win the $40,000 Maryland Million Distaff Starter Handicap, for fillies and mares certified to Maryland Million and/or registered Maryland-breds, on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Laurel Park.
Warwick Stable’s No More Talk worked his way up to a nail-biter of a finish in the $40,000 Maryland Million Starter Handicap, for horses certified to Maryland Million and/or registered Maryland-breds, as he nabbed Tom Terrific at the wire to win by a half-length at Laurel Park on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Forthegreatergood, trained by Laura Sloan, is your 2021 Thoroughbred Makeover Champion, sponsored by Churchill Downs!
Crabs N Beer, the first Blofeld runner to get to the races, became his first winner when dominating a maiden race on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Delaware Park.
After the event's postponement in 2020, the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), will take place Oct. 12-17 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Maryland is well-represented this year with 26 Maryland-breds entered to compete in a variety of disciplines.
According to The Jockey Club’s recently released 2020 Breeding Statistics, Maryland ranked sixth among the top-10 states and provinces with the most mares covered by Maryland stallions in 2020, while showing a 3.6 percent increase in the number of live foals by those stallions in 2021 when compared to 2020.
In a historic renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale, where new all-time sale records were set for the average and median, 16 yearlings sold for six-figures, 11 of which were Maryland-breds, on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 4-5, at the sales pavilion in Timonium, Md.
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