Popular two-time stakes winner Ain’t Da Beer Cold, a Maryland homebred, has been retired, plus some other equine comings and goings.
Intrepid Dream won her first stake and fifth straight race over three years, and jockey Jevian Toledo won two stakes at Laurel Park Saturday.
The appeal of a stewards’ DQ of Market Maven in the Maryland Million Classic was dropped at the last moment, leaving Ain’t Da Beer Cold the winner.
The connections of Market Maven, DQed to second after being first past the post in the Maryland Million Classic, have appealed to the Md. Racing Commission.
Ain’t Da Beer Cold fell just short of Market Maven in the Maryland Million Classic but was elevated to first, giving trainer Kenny Cox his first Million win.
Trainer Kenny Cox had just two wins prior, but he’s won 7 of 17 at the current Laurel Park meet and eyeing the future with Ain’t Da Beer Cold.
Years ago an owner’s oversight cost trainer Kenny Cox a chance at Maryland Million glory. Will this be the year he breaks through?
In the first juvenile race of 2020 at Laurel Park — finally — Ain’t Da Beer Cold scored a 15-1 upset for trainer Kenny Cox and rider Angel Cruz.