Trained by Mike Maker throughout his 34-race career, Field Pass has run at 15 racetracks in seven U.S. states and Canada with nine wins, all at different venues. Bred in Maryland by Mark Brown Grier and purchased for $37,000 as a yearling at Timonium in 2018, the Lemon Drop Kid horse will be facing state-breds for the first time in the Find.

Field Pass has raced just twice this year, finishing eighth in the Feb. 4 Tampa Bay (G3) and a July 20 optional claiming allowance at Saratoga, both going 1 1/16 miles. His most recent win came via disqualification in the Texas Turf Classic last July at Lone Star after finishing second by a neck as the favorite.

Since then, Field Pass’ best finishes have been fourths in the 2022 Mint Million (G3) at Kentucky Downs and Knickerbocker (G3) at Aqueduct, beaten 4 ¼ combined lengths.

“He hasn’t been running up to par in the last several races,” Maker said. “So, hopefully going up against state-breds will help him find his way back to the winner’s circle.”

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Field Pass has run three times previously in Maryland. At Laurel he finished fourth as the favorite in the 2019 Laurel Futurity, beaten one length for it all, and third in the Henry S. Clark to open his 2022 campaign. The winner of that race, Chez Pierre, would go on to take the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) this past April.

An eight-time stakes winner, Field Pass captured the 2021 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course, the fourth of his five graded-stakes victories. Others have come in the 2020 Jeff Ruby (G3), Transylvania (G3) and Ontario Derby (G3) and 2021 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2).

“He’s the kind that’s never had to take his track with him. He’s won from the East Coast to the West Coast and everywhere in-between,” Maker said. “We’re looking forward to seeing how he does here.”

Overall, Field Pass owns nine wins, three seconds and five thirds with nearly $1.2 million in purse earnings. Maryland’s leading apprentice, Axel Concepcion, will ride from Post 4 at topweight of 126 pounds in a field of 11 that includes Galerio, entered for main track only.

Field Pass is the 2-1 morning line favorite, with the Mike Trombetta-trained Sky’s Not Falling the 5-2 second choice. The Addison Pour, for Brittany Russell, is 5-1.

“He’s been a special horse for us for a long time,” Maker said. “We’re very proud of him and everything that he’s done over the years. He’s had a great career.”