Six-year-old Cordmaker, leading a MATCH Series division, is the 4-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel Park.
Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.
With new tactics, Cordmaker snapped a 10-race losing streak by winning the Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
Multiple stakes winner Cordmaker, who nearly upset last year’s G3 Pimlico Special, has been training well towards his return, trainer Rodney Jenkins said.
Multiple stakes winner Cordmaker will get the winter off before a 2020 campaign that may include a second try in the G3 Pimlico Special.
Shimmering Aspen was retired following an easy win in Delaware Park’s Tax Free Shopping Distaff and will head to the breeding shed next year.
Phlash Phelps will shorten up from two turns for the 5 1/2 furlong Ben’s Cat Sunday, where he’ll face the speedy Dirty.
Please Flatter Me, second to the brilliant Covfefe last out, got back to winning in the Alma North, while Cordmaker took the Polynesian at Laurel Park.
Gnarly Mo, a $385,000 auction purchase as a yearling, made his first step towards earning his keep with a dominant maiden score at Laurel Park.
Trainer Rodney Jenkins is taking a swing at the G3 Pimlico Special with Cordmaker, a 4yo who just now is coming into his own.