The just-completed Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of select yearling represented a milestone for one Maryland farm and showcased a new dimension for another.
This year’s Maryland Million could mark coming-out parties for several first-crop stallions seeking to get a leg up in the race to see who’s next.
A grinding run got Miss Nondescript up late to win the Maryland Million Lassie and give her sire, Mosler, his first stakes and Maryland Million win.
A pair of two-year-olds, Bella Aurora and Monday Morning Qb, took the overland route in rallying to stakes victories Saturday at Laurel Park.
Seven different sires won the seven primary Maryland Million stakes, with Friesan Fire’s son Forest Fire narrowly prevailing in the Classic.
Monte Crista, a half-sister to Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Just Howard, broke her maiden Saturday at Laurel Park in her first try on the lawn.
The fleet, flighty LImited View was on good behavior today and cruised to win the Marshua Stakes at Laurel Park.
Young jockey Nik Jaurez won three races — topped by Bonus Points taking the Maryland Million Classic — on his return home today.
Breeders of horses bred and sired in Maryland that break their maidens in-state will receiv a 50 percent bonus, starting with the Laurel Park fall meet.
Good horses found buyers Sunday at the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale, but the market remains “polarized” — and there’s a need for regional “sire power.”