Double Crown Vies for Maryland Million Classic Oct. 14
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Photo: Jerry Dzierwinski/Maryland Jockey Club
Double Crown, jockey Jeiron Barbosa, and owner Norman Cash after the Polynesian Stakes victory
The $150,000 Maryland Million Classic Stakes Oct. 14 at Laurel Park will showcase a field of eight 3-year-olds and up competing over 1 1/8 miles on the main track.
Built Wright Stables' 2022 Kelso Handicap (G2) winner Double Crown comes into Saturday's race off a 4 1/2-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile Polynesian Stakes Sept. 10 with trainer Raymond Ginter. Fellow competitor and stakes winner Ournationonparade finished fifth for trainer Jamie Ness in the Polynesian. Runnymoore Racing's Loose Ends also comes in off an allowance optional claimer win Aug. 5 at Delaware Park over one mile.
Runners in starting position include: Alphabet Soup Handicap third-place finisher Market Maven ; Double Crown; Dolice Vita for trainer Phillip Capuano; Ournationonparade; David Gruskos' Rhumjar ; All Threes for Kathleen Willier; three-time stakes-placed Ain't Da Beer Cold , and Loose Ends. Also-eligibles include Super Accelerate , Frightland , and Big Blue Line .
Laurel Park, Saturday, October 14, 2023, Race 11Entries: Maryland Million Classic S.
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Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Market Maven (PA)
UNKNOWN
120
Jamie Ness
4/1
2
2Double Crown (MD)
Jeiron Barbosa
124
Raymond E. Ginter, Jr.
9/5
3
3Dolice Vita (MD)
Charlie Marquez
120
Phillip Capuano
20/1
4
4Ournationonparade (MD)
Jaime Rodriguez
120
Jamie Ness
3/1
5
5Rhumjar (MD)
Jomar Torres
120
Claudio A. Gonzalez
12/1
6
6All Threes (MD)
Sheldon Russell
120
Hamilton A. Smith
7/2
7
7Ain't Da Beer Cold (MD)
Jevian Toledo
120
Kenneth M. Cox
30/1
8
8Loose Ends (PA)
William Humphrey
120
Cathal A. Lynch
10/1
9
9Super Accelerate (MD)
Horacio Karamanos
117
Robin L. Graham
8/1
10
10Frightland (MD)
Jevian Toledo
120
Brittany T. Russell
12/1
11
11Big Blue Line (MD)
Joseph Rocco, Jr.
120
Paul J. McGee
8/5