Eighttofasttocatch’s victory Saturday set a Jennings wins record, pushed the horse past a coveted earnings mark. Closed his career. Fulfilled a dream.
Eighttofasttocatch was the late Arnie Heft’s dream, says his daughter. Now there’s just one race left in that dream — and one last goal to achieve.
Arnold Heft, who owned top Maryland-bred Eighttofasttocatch, has passed away at age 94.
Eighttofasttocatch cruised to an easy win for his third straight Jennings Handicap triumph, making him just the second horse to do so.
In Saturday’s Maryland Million Classic, old and young collided. And in a way, oddly, both won.
Eighttofasttocatch got the jump on his pursuers and never looked back en route to a repeat win the Maryland Million Classic.