Barbadian Runner and Onyx Ten hope to defend their ’25 titles in the Classic and Distaff, respectively, in Saturday’s Maryland Million.
Barbadian Runner, upset winner of last year’s Maryland Million Classic, is pre-entered to defend his title Oct. 24.
Originally headed to the Maggie Walker at Colonial Downs, Irish Maxima instead is favored in Thursday’s Dashing Beauty at Delaware Park.
At Sunday’s annual Renaissance Awards at Laurel Park, Mindframe was named champion Maryland-bred, one of many awards given out.
Maryland Million Distaff winner Onyx Ten will seek her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s Safely Kept at Laurel Park.
Trainer Gary Capuano’s two-step plan came to fruition perfectly Saturday when Onyx Ten rallied to win the Maryland Million Distaff.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2025, Pennsylvania-bred Simply Joking (3yo) and Maryland-bred Quint’s Brew (older) are atop the list.
Trainer Henry Walters went 21 years between stakes wins. This time, he waited just four weeks, with Barbadian Runner winning the Miracle Wood.
We caught up with the connections of Barbadian Runner and Onyx Ten, the winners of today’s Xtra Heat and Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.