Witty was up the track last out in the Grade 2 Penn Mile, but he’ll switch back to the main track for Wednesday’s Stanton, where he’ll face No Sabe Nada.
Just One Time was the voters’ unanimous choice as top older horse among Midlantic-breds, while Luna Belle held down the top spot among sophomores.
Trainers Chuck Lawrence and McLane Hendriks – godfather and godson- are hoping to compromise the Penn Mile exacta with Wow Whata Summer and Witty.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2022, Grade 1 winner Just One Time is tops among older horses while Luna Belle, undefeated this year, leads 3yos.
Witty won impressively, his third straight score, in Laurel Park’s Spectacular Bid Stakes Saturday, continuing a promising family affair.
Witty, a two-year-old half-brother to graded stakes winner Caravel, earned the first stakes win of his career in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Nursery.