Hibiscus Punch, upset winner of February’s Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel Park, will tackle a tougher opponent Saturday in Gamine.
The day after Hibiscus Punch posted a stunning win in the G3 Fritchie, trainer Justin Nixon said she was doing well while he savored the moment.
Longshots led the way home in a stunning Barbara Fritchie Stakes renewal, with Hibiscus Punch (40-1) best of all.
Trainer Eddie Gaudet won the 1991 General George, and now 30 years later, his daughter Lacey Gaudet hopes to annex the G3 Fritchie with Dontletsweetfoolya.
Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie and General George stakes are the two biggest races of the winter in Maryland. Here, some facts and figs about them…
The General George wasn’t renamed, the Fritchie arguably ought to be, and who doesn’t have races in their honor says something, too.
Trainer Brittany Russell and Hello Beautiful are gunning for their first graded victories in Saturday’s G3 Fritchie – not bad for a $6,500 purchase.
Two-time stakes winner Dontletsweetfoolya is heading into next weekend’s Grade 3 Fritchie with a secret weapon — a new goat friend named Doris.
Grade 3 winner Sharp Starr is likely to make her next start in the Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie at Laurel Park February 13, her trainer said.
PA-bred Pumpkin Rumble, a multiple graded stakes winner, retired, plus a trainer’s milestone and more, in the week in social media.