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The fantastic run started one year ago, when Sylvia Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH got his first stakes win in Laurel Park’s Harrison E. Johnson Memorial S. Sent off as the 1-5 favorite for this year’s Harrison E. Johnson Memorial S. on March 24, EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH got stakes win number five with a gutsy performance over a sealed track.

Laurel’s leading rider, Sheldon Russell, guided the Tim Keefe trainee to a one-length score over Cherokee Artist in the $100,000 stakes at a mile and an eighth. It was EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH’s 10th win from 32 starts, and boosted his career earnings to $463,190. In his last 10 starts, all stakes, he has five wins.

Bred by Dark Hollow Farm and Graham Motion’s Herringswell Stable, EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH (by Not for Love) is out of Too Fast to Catch. A daughter of Nice Catch, Too Fast to Catch produced 14 foals, including additional stakes winner and Grade 1-placed STORM PUNCH. The offspring of Too Fast to Catch have earned more than $1.3 million to date.

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Sylvia E. Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH won just as an odds-on favorite should, running down the speed and bounding away to victory in the $150,000 Classic, the feature race contested under rainy conditions on Jim McKay Maryland Million day at Laurel Park.
 
EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH was bred in partnership with H. Graham Motion's Herringswell Stables and is out of the currently retired mare TOO FAST TO CATCH.
 
The Maryland Million is the most important racing day at Laurel Park with 11 races for runners sired by Maryland-based stallions for combined purses totaling $1.05 million. The 26th annual event drew a crowd of 20,907 Saturday afternoon. Attendance figures have exceeded 20,000 on twenty-two occasions.
 
Jockey Sheldon Russell was at the controls as yet another Not For Love offspring captured yet another race on Maryland’s Day at the Races.  It was also the second year in a row that Russell had won the Classic. Last year he guided Regal Solo to victory in the Million’s signature race.
 
“The key is to get him to relax,” said Russell. “Mud doesn’t bother him because he’s run well on it before. I was a little concerned because the speed horse didn’t break, but it worked out. I got him to switch off and then he came back running. I was lucky that way. Since they’ve taken the blinkers off of him he’s been very hard to beat.”
 
Tim Keefe trains EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH, who has won seven times at Laurel including the Japan Racing Association Stakes in his previous start.
 
“This was our ‘A’ race,” said Keefe. “He’s been training like a good horse. We’ve worked hard on getting him to track the speed and today that turned out perfect. The five post didn’t hurt us either. He really finished down the lane. This horse loves Laurel Park. The older gets the better he’s become.”
 
Jorge Chavez sent Regal Warrior out to an uncontested lead in the 1-1/8th mile test, leading by as much as six lengths before Eighttofasttocatch began to close in on his target. Regal Warrior surrendered the lead, Eighttofasttocatch moved to the fore and drifted out before being straightened away to win by 1-3/4 lengths. Cactus Charlie finished second and Not Abroad was third.

StarsonhershoulderMSWSTARSONHERSHOULDER, a two-year-old filly owned in partnership with Ellen Charles' Hillwood Stable, turned in a thrilling performance in her second start by capturing a Maiden Special Weight at Laurel Park on Saturday, October 15.

The Maryland-bred filly by Quiet American was foaled at Dark Hollow and out of the Laurel Park stakes winner DRESS GREY.

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Sylvia E. Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH won just as an odds-on favorite should, running down the speed and bounding away to victory in the $150,000 Classic, the feature race contested under rainy conditions on Jim McKay Maryland Million day at Laurel Park.
EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH was bred in partnership with H. Graham Motion's Herringswell Stables and is out of the currently retired mare TOO FAST TO CATCH.
The Maryland Million is the most important racing day at Laurel Park with 11 races for runners sired by Maryland-based stallions for combined purses totaling $1.05 million. The 26th annual event drew a crowd of 20,907 Saturday afternoon. Attendance figures have exceeded 20,000 on twenty-two occasions.
Jockey Sheldon Russell was at the controls as yet another Not For Love offspring captured yet another race on Maryland’s Day at the Races.  It was also the second year in a row that Russell had won the Classic. Last year he guided Regal Solo to victory in the Million’s signature race.
“The key is to get him to relax,” said Russell. “Mud doesn’t bother him because he’s run well on it before. I was a little concerned because the speed horse didn’t break, but it worked out. I got him to switch off and then he came back running. I was lucky that way. Since they’ve taken the blinkers off of him he’s been very hard to beat.”
Tim Keefe trains EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH, who has won seven times at Laurel including the Japan Racing Association Stakes in his previous start.
“This was our ‘A’ race,” said Keefe. “He’s been training like a good horse. We’ve worked hard on getting him to track the speed and today that turned out perfect. The five post didn’t hurt us either. He really finished down the lane. This horse loves Laurel Park. The older gets the better he’s become.”
Jorge Chavez sent Regal Warrior out to an uncontested lead in the 1-1/8th mile test, leading by as much as six lengths before Eighttofasttocatch began to close in on his target. Regal Warrior surrendered the lead, Eighttofasttocatch moved to the fore and drifted out before being straightened away to win by 1-3/4 lengths. Cactus Charlie finished second and Not Abroad was third.

Eighttofasttocatch--2011-Maryland-Million-ClassicSylvia E. Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH won just as an odds-on favorite should, running down the speed and bounding away to victory in the $150,000 Classic, the feature race contested under rainy conditions on Jim McKay Maryland Million day at Laurel Park.

EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH was bred in partnership with H. Graham Motion's Herringswell Stables and is out of the currently retired mare TOO FAST TO CATCH. 

The Maryland Million is the most important racing day at Laurel Park with 11 races for runners sired by Maryland-based stallions for combined purses totaling $1.05 million. The 26th annual event drew a crowd of 20,907 Saturday afternoon. Attendance figures have exceeded 20,000 on twenty-two occasions. 

Jockey Sheldon Russell was at the controls as yet another Not For Love offspring captured yet another race on Maryland’s Day at the Races.  It was also the second year in a row that Russell had won the Classic. Last year he guided Regal Solo to victory in the Million’s signature race. 

“The key is to get him to relax,” said Russell. “Mud doesn’t bother him because he’s run well on it before. I was a little concerned because the speed horse didn’t break, but it worked out. I got him to switch off and then he came back running. I was lucky that way. Since they’ve taken the blinkers off of him he’s been very hard to beat.” 

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PoseidonsWarrior_DELFavored POSEIDON'S WARRIOR, a three-year-old colt out of POISED TO POUNCE, survived after dueling through blistering fractions of 21.24 and 43.26 seconds to take Delaware Park's $75,000 New Castle by 1 3/4 lengths on October 15.

Bred by Dark Hollow Farm in partnership with William Paca Beatson, POSEIDON'S WARRIOR previously won Penn National's East Hanover Stakes in July and Monmouth's NATC Futurity as a precocious two-year-old.

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Poseidons-Warrior-The-East-HanoverPOSEIDON'S WARRIOR, a three-year-old colt out of POISED TO POUNCE dominated seven other rivals in Penn National's East Hanover Stakes on Saturday, July 30 to win going away by 6 1/2 lengths to increase his lifetime earnings to $243,250.

Bred by Dark Hollow Farm in partnership with William Paca Beatson, POSEIDON'S WARRIOR was making his first start for his new connections, Swilcan Stable, LLC

This vicotry is the sharp looking Speighstown colt's second stakes score after capturing Monmouth Park's $200,000 NATC Futurity Stakes as a two-year-old. His lifetime record in 9 career starts includes: 4 (2) wins, 1 (1) second and 1 (1) third.

The powerful dark bay is a half-brother to Maryland Million Classic winner PLAY BINGO ($455,240), QUICK N SMART ($156,820) as well as multiple stakes placed RHYTHMN MASTER ($279,370).

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