For minor stakes winners like Witty and Intrepid Daydream, “what’s next” is the lurking question, and one their connections had ready answers for.
The “razor sharp” Highestdistinction earned a win in the G3 BWI Turf Cup at Pimlico, while Full Count Felicia won the All Along.
Highestdistinction was winless for nearly three years but arrives at Saturday’s BWI Turf Cup on a two-race win streak that includes his first stakes win.
Witty, a two-time stakes winner on dirt, will seek his first turf stakes win in Saturday’s Ben’s Cat at PImlico after 3 consecutive seconds in turf stakes.
Short fields and upsets were the order of the day Sunday at Pimlico. topped by G2 winner Double Crown’s victory in the Polynesian Stakes.
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Un Ojo, 75-1 shock winner of the 2022 Rebel, will seek his first stakes win (and first win of any kind) since in Sunday’s Polynesian at Pimlico.
Wesley Ward has two live runners entered for Saturday’s Sensible Lady Turf Dash at Pimlico, with Spicy Marg the more likely to post.
While the Maryland Jockey Club is moving forward with plans to close Pimlico to training and stabling, when that might occur remains uncertain.
The Maryland Racing Commission today approved a 9-day September meet at PImlico even as plans to close the track for training come into focus.