With races taken off the turf today at Laurel Park, Benny Havens’ first dirt start in over six years proved no problem at all.
Tidewater, beaten after leading most of the way in last year’s Ben’s Cat, will try to turn the tables Saturday with the top three all back from 2024.
Eight-year-old Benny Havens snapped a 39-race losing streak to win Pimlico’s allowance feature Saturday.
Chambeau didn’t make the races until July of her 5-year-old year, but when she did, she delivered trainer T. J. Aguirre’s first stakes win.
Off to the Races returns to the airwaves July 23 with a show featuring trainer TJ Aguirre and owner TK Kuegler, owner of a Haskell hopeful.
Trainer T. J. Aguirre, 24, will send out longshot Benny Havens in Saturday’s $200,000 Laurel Futurity — the first stakes starter of his career.
Benny Havens hung on to win the first race at Laurel Park Friday, giving young trainer T. J. Aguirre his first winner.