Six years ago Phil Schoenthal learned the danger of jinxing his horses. Saturday he avoided that, and Miss Behaviour romped in the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
Speedy Miss Behaviour, recently second in a pair of graded Saratoga races, headlines a solid group in Saturday’s Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
The Bowie Training Center is on its last legs. Yet with an expected influx of trainers and horses this fall, the 100-year-old facility refuses to die.
Phil Schoenthal has pointed Miss Behaviour to Saturday’s Prioress at Saratoga all year. It’s one step in a journey he hopes ends in rareified company.
The rich get richer as trainer Todd Pletcher won Pimlico’s $50,000 bonus for stakes performances last weekend. Local trainers finished second and third.
Miss Behaviour, a graded winner as a juvenile who’d strauggled of late, proved that she’s back on track by winning the Miss Preakness Stakes.
The misnamed Miss Behaviour’s about as well-behaved a filly as you’ll find. She’s also awfully good, as her win in the Grade 2 Matron demonstrated.
At Monday’s Fasig-Tipton sale, Maryland breeders see their industry taking its first steps on the road back.