Colonel Sharp, a $36,000 auction purchase last December — “too much,” said trainer Hugh McMahon at the time — was up to win the Maryland Coalition Stakes at Timonium.
Saturday’s Maryland Coalition Stakes at Timonium has attracted a hard-hitting field with over 270 starts and nearly $2.5 million in the bank.
Jockey Larry Reynolds won over 3,000 races; his son Austin, looking to make his own way in the game, saddled the feature race winner for Cal Lynch’s barn.
Timonium — racing’s once-a-year Brigadoon — is a place where picking winners is simply a matter of knowing which horses won’t be freaked out by the Ferris wheel.
Shimmering Aspen snapped a three-race losing streak with a rallying score in the first running of the Timonium Distaff.
Shimmering Aspen, twice the favorite in graded stakes, will look to snap a short losing streak in Saturday’s $75,000 Timonium Distaff Stakes at the Big T.
Charles Town-based jockey Gerald Almodovar made the most of his visit to Maryland, winning twice, including the 2000th score of his career.
The seven-day Timonium stand opens August 24 through Labor Day… some story lines to follow…
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan will attend the races at Timonium August 25, the day of the first running of the Timonium Distaff Stakes.
Old-school Timonium is hoping to build for the future as its 2018 race meet nears, coming on the heels of a successful 2017.
