In the new Top Midlantic-bred Poll, Mindframe has a clear lead over fellow Grade 1 winner Book’em Danno.
Everything came up roses this past week for owner-breeder-trainer Lizzie Merryman, and it all had to do with broodmare Zeezee Zoomzoom.
Pennsylvania-bed Witty, winner of the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico in May, will make his first Saratoga foray in Friday’s Harvey Pack.
Owner-breeder-trainer Lizzie Merryman had offers on Witty, but they weren’t life-changing. He is, she says, as he heads into the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico.
For minor stakes winners like Witty and Intrepid Daydream, “what’s next” is the lurking question, and one their connections had ready answers for.
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.
Colonial Downs hosts a pair of turf sprint stakes Saturday, with Front Run the Fed aiming to defend his title in the Van Clief.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of the year combining horses of all ages, Just One Time maintained her lead, while newcomers made an impact.
With neither having raced since the prior Top Midlantic-bred Poll, three-year-old Luna Belle and Just One Time remained atop the tables.
One race after a rough outing in the grassy Penn Mile, Witty got back in the win column with an easy Stanton Stakes win at Delaware Park.