Trainer Gary Capuano’s two-step plan came to fruition perfectly Saturday when Onyx Ten rallied to win the Maryland Million Distaff.
In this Maryland Million Moment, Foxy Junior brought the event full circle when she became the first Maryland Million winner by a Classic champ.
With the Lassie favorite and the second choice in the Sprint, trainer Robbie Bailes heads into Saturday’s Maryland Million with a strong hand.
In this Maryland Million Moment, we reach back to 1991 when previous Eclipse Award winner and future Hall of Famer Safely Kept won her third Distaff.
Maryland Million Distaff winner Foxy Junior will seek her sixth win in seven starts in Saturday’s Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel Park.
Sheilahs Warcloud, named for the trainer’s mom, could give Justin Nixon and Megan Kerford “a thrill” in the Maryland Million Distaff.
Intrepid Daydream was a late addition to the Maryland Million Distaff today, but she made the most of her unexpected opportunity, winning easily.
Trainer John Robb, with nine Maryland Million winners to his credit, will send out eight, topped by Distaff favorite Fille d’Esprit on Saturday.
Fortheluvofbourbon and Fille d’Esprit entered the Maryland Million as arguably the most accomplished horses on the card, and both left with wins.
Fille d’Esprit, a onetime $10,000 claim, figures to go off as one of the shortest-priced horses of Maryland Million Saturday in the Distaff.
