Maryland Million hits 40 this year, and while the purses don’t move the meter quite the way they once did, it still holds extra meaning to Marylanders.
Anna’s Bandit, an 11-time stakes winner of more than $800,000, delivered Maryland’s first foal of 2023, a colt by Tapit.
Friday’s state-bred Sadie Hawkins Stakes at Charles Town provides a rematch of Star of Night and Bridging the Gap, one-two in last year’s My SIster Pearl.
Anna’s Bandit, an 11-time stakes winner who earned over $800,000, has been retired and will be bred next year, co-owner Gina Robb said.
There are five Pimlico stakes on Sunday, which is also the exact number of questions we’ll be looking to see answered.
Sunday’s Shine Again Stakes includes five multiple stakes winner and features the return of 11-time stakes winner Anna’s Bandit.
Star of Night earned West Virginia-bred Horse of the Year honors from the WVTBA, while six award winners were sired by Fiber Sonde.
Bandits Warrior, a half-sister to the redoubtable Anna’s Bandit, was a dominant first-out winner Sunday at Pimlico.
A circuit court judge ruled that the Maryland Racing Commission’s hearing procedures deprived petitioners of a fair hearing and remanded a case involving the 2020 Geisha Stakes.
Street Lute has been the hottest runner in a Jerry Robb barn that itself is on a lengthy hot streak. She’ll try to keep it going in Saturday’s Wide Country.