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“When they’re supposed to win it’s not a big deal, but when you don’t expect anything and something good happens, that makes it so much more fun,” Magee said.
Three Diamonds Farm’s Kiss the Girl split horses down the stretch to win Saturday’s $100,000 Nellie Morse at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md., for her second consecutive stakes win. Trained by Michael Trombetta and ridden by Victor Carrasco, Kiss the Girl covered the 1 1/16 mile in 1:45.60.
There was controversy aplenty, and some locals human and equine made very good, indeed. Here are some of the top stories of 2021 in Maryland racing.
Favored Bankit Takes Road Show To Laurel, Wins John B. Campbell Sponsored by: Veteran Bankit made his first start at Laurel a winning one in the John B. Campbell at Laurel Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing's well-traveled Bankit, making his 27th career start but first in Maryland, swept to the lead on the far outside and powered through the stretch to a 1 ¾-length triumph in Saturday's $100,000 John B. Campbell at Laurel Park. The 67th running of the Campbell for 4-year-olds and up and the 38th edition of the $100,000 Nellie Morse for fillies and mares 4 and older, bo...