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.