With a win in Saturday’s Maryland Million DIstaff, Hello Beautiful would become the seventh horse to win three Million races.
Three horses may return to defend Maryland Million titles on Saturday, but it turns out that successful title defenses don’t happen often.
With her score in Saturday’s Weathervane Stakes, Hello Beautiful also moved to the top of the MATCH Series standings, one of four top contenders in action.
Hello Beautiful is odds-on to win for the eighth time in nine starts at Laurel Park in Saturday’s $100,000 Weathervane Stakes.
Knicks Go and Beren retained the top spots in the two lists that comprise the the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Hell0 Beautiful’s facile Alma North win gave jockey Sheldon Russell his 1,500th win, netted her groom a big bonus, and led to smiles all around.
Hunting her first win outside of Laurel Park and sixth stakes win, Hello Beautiful looms the one to beat in Saturday’s Alma North Stakes at Pimlico.
With a spotless eight-for-eight record, Pennsylvania-bred Chub Wagon is up to second in the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Saturday’s Delaware Handicap undercard stakes feature a rematch of the Shine Again Stakes won by Chub Wagon over Hello Beautiful in a thriller.
With two stakes wins in May, Pennsylvania-bred Beren moved to the top in the latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll for three-year-olds.
