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Nothing Better returned to winning ways Saturday to successfully protect his title in the $150,000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship.

Ain’t Da Beer Cold was lifted to the win on the disqualification of first-place finisher Market Maven in Saturday’s Maryland Million Classic.

Poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires prompted Woodbine in Toronto, Canada, and Laurel Park in Laurel, Md., to cancel live racing.

Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables, and Sterling Stables' Beer Can Man, the lone also-eligible that drew into the field following four early scratches, forged a short lead in midstretch and held on for a neck victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Saturday's Maryland Million card is, to start with, all about the wagering opportunities. But it's also about some storylines.

Who's winning the Maryland Million races? We roundup the news and notes here.

More than 300 horses have been pre-entered in a dozen Maryland Million stakes and starter stakes, including defending champs in three of the stakes.

William Branch’s Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in the $100,000 Laurel Dash Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.

A total of 143 nominations were made to a four $100,000 stakes, two each on dirt and turf, on the Saturday, Sept. 24 program during closing weekend of Pimlico Race Course’s fall meet.

After meeting twice on dirt, round three of the Joe vs. Shake Em Loose series will take place on turf Saturday in the James W. Murphy