Slewperstitus, Doc’s Miracle meet again in Md. Juvenile Filly
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December 5, 2025
Slewperstitus and Doc’s Miracle, fresh off stakes victories, square off in Saturday’s Marylyand Juvenile Filly Stakes at Laurel Park. The $125,000 event, contested at seven furlongs, is restricted to juvenile fillies that are Maryland-bred or -sired or Virginia-bred or -sired.
Trained by Robbie Bailes for owner Eric Rizer, Slewperstitus has never finished outside the exacta in her career. She rallied from off the pace to beat Doc’s Miracle by a neck in the Glenangus Farm Maryland Million Lassie on Oct. 11.
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“She’s been a special little filly for us this year,” Bailes said. “She tries every time we put her out there. From Day One, she’s just been all racehorse.”
Slewperstitus and Doc’s Miracle were scheduled to tussle in the Smart Halo Stakes on Nov. 8, but Bailes scratched Slewperstitus.
“She came up with a tooth abscess about four or five days before the stake,” he explained. “We were hoping it was going to pop, and it didn’t pop, and we were forced to give her a little bit more time.”
With Slewpersitus away, Doc’s Miracle played. Owned by Daniel Crowley and Non Stop Stable, Doc’s Miracle became the first stakes winner for her sire, Long River, after stalking and pouncing to a hard-fought victory under hot-riding apprentice Yedsit Hazlewood.
“She’s really solid and never misses a beat,” trainer Gary Capuano said in the winner’s circle afterwards.
Doc’s Miracle is listed as the narrow 3-2 favorite with Slewperstitus 3-1 on the morning line. Just Philtored is slotted between those two at 9-5.
Doc’s Miracle lost her first four starts, but she hasn’t been worse than second in her last four races. Capuano noted that her six-length maiden victory at Timonium on Aug. 23 was an excellent wake-up call and that the filly continues to improve.
Just Philtored began her career with Capuano but was purchased privately by London Reid Thoroughbreds after an eight-length debut victory at Laurel on May 23. The Great Notion filly was transferred to trainer Michael Trombetta, and she immediately won stakes on turf and dirt at Colonial Downs.
After a fifth-place finish in Aqueduct’s Grade 3 Matron on grass, Just Philtored placed third as the favorite, beaten 4 ¼ lengths, by Doc’s Miracle in the Smart Halo.
“I’m just speculating, but to me, she did not seem herself on that racetrack,” Trombetta said of the muddy course conditions. “On that particular day, I was expecting the track to dry out and be harrowed. For whatever reason, it just stayed wet all afternoon. Maybe she just didn’t like the slippery going.”
Parx shipper Project Maximus (5-1), a two-time winner; Tacit Value (15-1), racing for the first time for trainer Hugh McMahon after breaking her maiden for Bobby Leaf; and Curlene’s Spirit (30-1), a winner of two straight in claiming company for Jose Corrales, round out the field. The Maryland Juvenile Filly Stakes is carded as the eighth on a nine-race program.
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| PostPosition | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | Project Maximus | 5-1 | NO RIDER | Reid Robert E Jr | LC Racing LLC |
| 2 | Doc’s Miracle | 3-2 | Hazlewood Y | Capuano Gary | Daniel C. Crowley & Non Stop Stable |
| 3 | Tacit Value | 15-1 | NO RIDER | McMahon Hugh I | Larry E. Rabold |
| 4 | Slewperstitus | 3-1 | Toledo J | Bailes W Robert | Eric A. Rizer |
| 5 | Curlene’s Spirit | 30-1 | Chavez A | Corrales Jose | Barak Farm & Sharon Dodgen |
| 6 | Just Philtored | 9-5 | Torrealba J | Trombetta Michael J | London Reid Thoroughbreds |
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