Rider Forest Boyce won three to close the Laurel Park summer meet, trainer Kieron Magee won at Saratoga, and other Maryland racing notes.
With Forest Boyce in the irons, Luna Time, trained by Graham Motion, posted a 15-1 upset to win the Grade 3 Obeah at Delaware Park Saturday.
Nellie Cashman scored a hard-fought victory in today’s Dahlia Stakes at PImlico.
Local runners Gypsy Judy and Savvy Street took the Wide Country and Miracle Wood Stakes on today’s General George undercard.
Misconnect rallied late to upset today’s Grade 3 General George Handicap under an astute, well-timed ride by Kendrick Carmouche.
Jockey Forest Boyce traveled from New Orleans to ride Ghost Bay in today’s Maryland Juvenile Futurity. That was a wise move, as he rolled to a 4-length score.
Eighttofasttocatch’s victory Saturday set a Jennings wins record, pushed the horse past a coveted earnings mark. Closed his career. Fulfilled a dream.
Eighttofasttocatch romped in the slop to become the first four-time winner of the Jennings Handicap and surpass $1 million in career earnings in his final race.
Journeyman rider Forest Boyce, one of the stalwarts of the Maryland riding colony in recent years, will shift her tack to Fair Grounds Race Course this winter.
After the two biggest races of Maryland Million day, one trainer fought back tears, while one owner couldn’t stop talking.