Peach Tie looks for third straight stake in Beyond the Wire
3yo filly undefeated in five dirt starts
Press Release
March 20, 2026
The Estate of Brereton C. Jones’s Peach Tie, unbeaten in five dirt starts, aims for her third straight stakes win at Laurel Park when she competes in Saturday’s $100,000 Beyond the Wire.
Breaking from post five under Sheldon Russell, Peach Tie will try a route for the first time after winning the Gin Talking Stakes on December 27 and the Wide Country Stakes on February 21, both at seven furlongs. She is 8-5 on the morning line.
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“There’s something about this filly that gives me a lot of confidence,” trainer Brittany Russell said after the Wide Country. “She does whatever it takes. This filly has flown under the radar, done everything right, and shows up on race day. She’s an absolute dream to have in the barn.”
Russell said she deliberately skipped the Xtra Heat Stakes on February 4 to allow Peach Tie time to develop for races like the Wide Country and Beyond the Wire.
Law School, owned by Super C Racing and Jagger Inc., won Parx’s Future Stars Fillies Stakes by seven lengths on December 30. She then finished second, three lengths behind Peach Tie in the Wide Country, and later finished third as the favorite in Parx’s Main Line Stakes on March 3.
Both the Wide Country and Main Line races were run on wet tracks.
“She got a couple of wet, sealed tracks,” said trainer Jamie Ness. “I don’t think she cares for it. It is what it is. Not an excuse. Hopefully, we get a dry track this weekend.”
The Wide Country was just a four-horse field, but Ness wasn’t happy with Peach Tie’s trip.
“When we squeezed out of [a four-horse battle on the backstretch], she never could recover from it. [Peach Tie] is too good of a horse to spot her like that. I didn’t like the setup last time. Hopefully, with a little longer distance, we’ll be more forwardly placed than last at the half-mile pole.”
Law School wheels back 18 days after the Main Line and is listed as the 7-5 favorite. Yedsit Hazlewood retains the mount from post two.
Ness admitted he “was skeptical, but the problem is if I wait two more weeks, I’ll run in New York, where we’ll catch a little tougher horses. Or, I’ve got to wait for the next one [at Laurel], which is six weeks. She’s training well. She’s healthy, fit, sound, so we’ll take a shot.”
Team D’s Some Ride, a yearling purchased for $180,000 and trained by Tony Dutrow, is set to face winners for the first time after winning a maiden special weight race at Aqueduct over a one-turn mile. She is expected to exhibit early speed with jockey Julio Hernandez.
Conversely, Miss Fulton Gal employs closing tactics, as she did when winning a first-level allowance around two turns on Valentine’s Day for trainer Michael Gorham and owners Trott Racing Stable, Five Sisters Farm, and John Polizos.
Momaxie, third in the Wide Country behind Peach Tie and Law School, also entered, along with Somemunny to Love.
Run as the Caesar’s Wish Stakes through 2017, the Beyond the Wire was renamed to recognize the founding of an industry-wide initiative among the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Maryland Jockey Club, Maryland Horse Breeders Association, and Maryland jockeys to facilitate safe and enriching placements for retired Maryland-based racehorses.
BEYOND THE WIRE ENTRIES
| Post | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | Miss Fulton Gal | 6-1 | Mena R E | Gorham Michael E | Trott Racing Stable, Five Sisters Farm & |
| 2 | Law School | 7-5 | Hazlewood Y | Ness Jamie | Super C Racing Inc. & Jagger Inc. |
| 3 | Somemunny to Love | 12-1 | Sanchez M J | Stites Flint W | DeSales 85 LLC |
| 4 | Some Ride | 10-1 | Hernandez J A | Dutrow Anthony W | Team D |
| 5 | Peach Tie | 8-5 | Russell S | Russell Brittany T | Estate of Brereton C. Jones |
| 6 | Momaxie | 5-1 | Burnham M | Corrales Jose | Alex Igelman and Pan Am Racing |
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