It was a long, twisting road for eight-year-old gelding Wendell Fong, but it’s ending up in the right place: with the retirement he’s earned.
Trainer Jamie Ness, a winner of near 4,300 races and (so far) 11 Delaware Park training titles, will return to that track in a bid for a record-tying 12th.
Jamie Ness finished strong to win the Laurel Park winter meet training title, while Jaime Rodriguez led gate to wire in the jockey race.
Miracle Wood Stakes winner Speedyness and Inveigled headline a wide-open Private Terms Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park with the Beyond the Wire also on tap.
Graded stakes winners Double Crown and Magic Michael headline Saturday’s renewal of the Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes, which looks to be wide-open.
Saturday’s Robert T. Manfuso Stakes anchors a four-stake day at Laurel Park and features graded winners Magic Michael and Double Crown.
The appeal of a stewards’ DQ of Market Maven in the Maryland Million Classic was dropped at the last moment, leaving Ain’t Da Beer Cold the winner.
Added blinkers and added ground have made a difference for Speedyness, who will seek his third straight win as the favorite in Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile.
The connections of Market Maven, DQed to second after being first past the post in the Maryland Million Classic, have appealed to the Md. Racing Commission.
Ournationonparade will return to seek his second consecutive Maryland Million Classic title October 14 at Laurel Park.