Maryland Million Watch Spotlight: Cheese On
By Jessica TugwellHow a young man’s legacy lives on in the spirit of a racehorse.

By Jessica TugwellHow a young man’s legacy lives on in the spirit of a racehorse.

On October 18, 1986, Jim McKay saw his vision for a Maryland-sired stakes program come to fruition when Sam-Son Farm’s two-year-old filly Smart Halo captured the very first Maryland Million race. After attending the inaugural Breeders’ Cup, McKay conceived the idea of an event featuring Maryland-sired horses with purses totaling one million dollars, and the…

By Jessica Tugwell John and Cheri Banner’s homebred mare My Sistersledge has won the Maryland Million Ladies Stakes the past two years, and the five-year-old daughter of Etched seems to be primed for another shot on Jim McKay Maryland Million Day, October 19.

By Jessica Tugwell One of the top potential contenders for the Maryland Million Sprint is 3-year-old Claudio Gonzalez trainee Fearless Terp, a son of Nicanor out of the Seeking Daylight mare Daylight Lassie. One of 13 Thoroughbred foals bred and sold to race by the University of Maryland, College Park over the past five years,…
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