LRL: Quint’s Brew looks to defend Jennings title
Press Release
January 16, 2026
Paul Berube, Karen Linnell, and Heather Hunter’s Quint’s Brew, an eight-length winner of last year’s Jennings Stakes, defends his title in Saturday’s renewal, one of four $100,000 races on the ten-race program at Laurel Park.
The first post time is 12 pm ET, and there are two “Value Pick 5” wagers, each with a low 12% takeout. The Jennings is run over a one-turn mile and is open to 4-year-olds and older, bred or sired in Maryland or Virginia.
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Quint’s Brew parlayed his Jennings victory into a 5 1/2-length romp in the General George Stakes, one of the signature races of the winter season. He then finished a close second in two graded stakes in New York before heading to the sidelines for the summer and fall.
“After his last two races in New York, we had a minor issue, but we decided to give him a little time off because he had run really hard,” Allard said before Quint’s Brew’s return race, the Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial Stakes at Laurel on December 20. “He’s a really nice horse.”
Quint’s Brew finished second in the Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial, three lengths behind Slam Notion.
“That was the worst racing luck I’ve had in a long time,” Allard said earlier this week. “He was sitting behind the three top horses, and when we looked to swing around them at the half-mile pole, [Bold Diversion] came up outside of him, and we had nowhere to go for nearly a quarter to three-eighths of a mile. The rider had to worry about clipping heels. He had a ton of horse. I think I ran the best horse, but the best horse doesn’t always win.”
Allard is pleased with Quint’s Brew’s preparation for the Jennings.
“He’s training dynamite,” Allard gushed. “He doesn’t need fast works because if you let him out a notch, he’ll go from maybe a little slow to too fast. He’s not an easy horse to rate because he has a lot of talent and wants to show off. Fast works don’t pay you. You just got to keep them happy.”
Quint’s Brew is listed as the 4/5 favorite on the morning line set by Horse Racing Nation’s Ed DeRosa. Jockey Yedsit Hazlewood, Maryland’s leading rider in 2025 and a finalist for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, rides Quint’s Brew for the first time.
JENNINGS STAKES ENTRIES
| Post | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | Formal Affair | 30-1 | NO RIDER | Corrales Jose | Corrales Racing LLC |
| 2 | Blue Kingdom | 3-1 | Sanchez M J | Ness Jamie | DEA Thoroughbred Racing LLC |
| 3 | Bold Diversion | 12-1 | Lyapustina T | Shankle Joanne | Joanne Shankle |
| 4 | Quint’s Brew | 4-5 | Hazlewood Y | Allard Edward T | Paul Berube, Karen Linnell, & Heather B. |
| 5 | Cap Com | 30-1 | Torrealba J | Singh Somraj | Euro Stable |
| 6 | Hittheroadjak | 10-1 | NO RIDER | Sanchez-Salomon Rodolf | J R Sanchez Racing Stable LLC |
| 7 | Maclean’s Rook | 4-1 | Villalobos I | Trombetta Michael J | PrepsToThePros Racing Stables LLC & July |
| 8 | Roll On Jesse | 30-1 | Cruz A | Cox Kenneth M | Bonuccelli Racing |
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