In this Maryland Million Moment, a pair of prior winners clashed in the 2018 Turf, with veteran Talk Show Man edging rival Phlash Phelps.
Talk Show Man won the Maryland Million Turf twice, four years apart. Now thriving in a new career, he’s also got a beer named in his honor.
Nine-year-old Talk Show Man, who won the Maryland Million Turf in 2014 and 2018 and earned over $450,000 in his career, has been retired.
Divisidero, a Grade 1 winner, is one of four graded winners in the $100,000 Prince George’s County Stakes Sunday at Laurel Park.
Multiple-graded stakes winner Something Awesome will make his first start since May in Saturday’s Richard Small Stakes.
Diamond King got it done in the Federico Tesio Stakes today at Laurel Park, making him Preakness-bound.
Eight-year-old Mike Harrison homebred Talk Show Man is set to make his fifth Maryland Million start Saturday in the Turf, which he won in 2014.
Three-year-old Shimmering Aspen and returnee Noteworthy Peach will look to regain their winning form in Saturday stakes at Laurel Park.
Talk Show Man missed all of 2016; John Jones missed most of ’17. But now, the two are favored in the two richest Maryland Million races.
Which Maryland Million champs figure to defend their titles? And what have they been up to since earning their big wins? Plus, a returning champs gallery.