In a fitting end to its 6-year-old season, Hillwood Stable’s Wire loom paid tribute to his breeder by claiming his 12th career and eighth win over the holdings on December 26 with $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso Stakes at Laurel Park.
Manfuso inaugurated for children 3 years of age and older traveling about 1/16 mile and back of the 1/8 mile carousel for dogs and horses 3 years of age and older, which had tertiary status from 1988 to 1997 and was the last ran in 2002 at Laurel, was among six $100,000 deposits on Sunday’s nine-race program.
The Cordmaker (6-5 favorites) was bred in Maryland by Robert T. Manfuso and his mate, Laurel-based trainer Katharine M. Voss, who presented the winner’s trophy to the winners. relationships, including Hillwood’s Ellen Charles, coach Rodney Jenkins, and regular racer Victor Carrasco.
A longtime owner and rancher and former owner of both Laurel and history Pimlico racetrack The man credited with revitalizing the Maryland track, Manfuso passed away in March 2020.
“We all talked about it for about a week. I’m so glad we were able to get it done,” said coach Rodney Jenkins. “It’s great. It’s a good horse.”
Son twice won Horse of the Year and Celebrity 2014 Curlin , Cordmaker won for the third time in four starts — all by stake — and won the men’s longer championship and the overall MATCH Series title.
Rushing off the rails in a scratchy field down to six, Cordmaker comes in fourth as a multi-stakes winner Always destructive take the lead and cross a quarter mile in: 23.47 seconds and a half mile in: 47.38 hit by Working on a dream , who finished second to Cordmaker in Richard W. Small Stakes on November 27 in Laurel.
Carrasco knocked Cordmaker out of the first leg and aimed for second pick 3-2 Shackqueenking , who inherited the lead after Always Regi began to fade away. Cordmaker headed straight ahead, overtaking Shackqueenking and ushering in a 3 1/2 win. Workin On a Dream dragged Shackqueenking for half its duration in seconds, with Draw the dots a better nose McElmore . Avenue in fourth place.
“Of course he drew a hole throughout the day, but he figured it out,” says Jenkins. “He went around there and saved some ground there, and then when they straightened up and Victor asked him, I think he won as easily as he’d won any race in life.”
Cordmaker finished third or better 23 times in 34 career starts, including 12 wins, earning $794,640 in wallet. He is 17 years old with 26 coins at Laurel, his home track, with other wins in wins at the 2018 Jennings Stakes, 2019 Polynesian Stakes and Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes in 2019 and 2021, and Richard W. Last month’s Small Stakes . He also won the Galloping Victory Stake on August 23 at Colony Downs and Handicap for DTHA Governors Day 2019 at Delaware Parkand ranked third in the 2019 and 2020 Pimlico Special Shares (G3).
Other winners of the day include Best buy in Gin Talking Stakes, Shake You Loosely in Heft Staking, Kaylasaurus in Willa On the Move Stakes, Threes Over Deuces in Dave’s Friend Staking, and Miss Leslie in Conveyor Belt Stock.
Videotapes: Gin Talking S. (BT)
Videotapes: Heft S. (BT)
Videotapes: Willa On the Move S. (BT)
Videotapes: Dave’s Friend S. (BT)
Videotapes: S. (BT) conveyor belt
Videotapes: Robert T. Manfuso S. (BT)
