Maryland Million Dollar Battle in Classic $150K

Defend the race winner Prendimi Winner 2020 Monday Morning Qb and Ournationonparade who successfully tasted Maryland Million at the age of 2 in 2019, was one of the contenders for the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic prize during the 37th Jim McKay Maryland Million Day show on October 22 at Laurel Park.

The 1/8 mile classic for kids 3 and up is the richest on a 12-stakes eight- and four-stakes 12-race card that begins on Maryland Million Day, ‘Maryland Day at the Races’, celebrating the centennial. system of stallions standing in the state.

GJ Stable’s Prendimi, which appeared for the fourth time in a row in the Classic, is looking to become the first repeat winner since Admiral War Chest in 2015 and 2016. He and Monday Morning Qb could also become the sixth horse to win it twice taking part in Timely Warning (1990-91), Algar (1997-98), Docent (2002- 03), and Eighttofasttocatch (2011, 2013-14), single three-time winner.

A 7 year old kid Dancing with Crows gelding, Luis Carvajal Jr.-trained Prendimi has gone undefeated in just three starts this year. Listed at 20-1 in the morning, Prendimi will be leaving Post 11/10 with Paco Lopez.

Monday Morning Qb won the 2019 Heft Stakes at Laurel at the age of 2 and came on from the bench to finish second in the 2020 Federico Tesio Stakes, delayed from April to September amid the coronavirus pandemic . Two starts later, he self-inflicted a 6-1 defeat in the Maryland Million Classic, beating historic winner Pimlico Special (G3) Harpers First Ride equal to 3 1/4 of the length.

5 year old son of Imagine was claimed this summer for $62,500 on Aug Delaware Park.

Monday morning Qb faded to last among seven after setting pace on the first start of his new connections, handicap for the mile-long, 70-yard DTHA Governors Day. out October 1 at Delaware Park, but owner/coach Norman ‘Lynn’ Cash is excited about bringing both him and his steady friend winning multiple stakes. Double crowns —Monday in Sprint 2021 — back to Maryland Million.

Cash received Double Crown in the amount of $40,000 from runner-up on June 5 at Churchill Downs, and he has a win and three seconds from the next six starts. A 3rd place doubles bet winner, Double Crown finished second last in a 1/16 mile Polynesian Stakes match on September 24 at historic Racecourse Pimlico.

Double Crown received the service of Horacio Karamanos from post 3 and was second choice in attack at dawn at 9-2, while on Monday morning Qb was given a 15-1 long shot with the man. William Humphrey’s apprentice from the outermost is lesson 11.

Happy Got Lucky Stable’s Ournationonparade is the favorite 5-2 program for the Classic, the first race outside the claims of coach Jamie Ness, the career winner of nearly 3,800 races seeking a second win in the following Maryland Million. Odd Gal in the Maryland Million Distaff Beginner’s Handicap 2020.

Ournationonparade is yet to go the distance of the Classic and has only gone about two turns in his last 10 starts, although he has been a 9 3/4-length winner of the race claiming to depend. choose second level allowance go 1 1/16 miles Aug 2 at Indianapolis horseshoe.

Distance won’t be a problem for Steve Newby’s Scholar Vance one of two 3-year-olds in the field trying to be a third-year sophomore to win Classics and a Monday Morning Qb afterwards.

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