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“Last time, he had a horrible post and I think the mile was too short for him,” Maker said. “But we wanted the race to prepare for this one.”
Special Reserve Gives Red-Hot Maker Another Graded Stakes Win In Maryland Sprintspecial Sponsored by: Special Reserve puts away Strike Power en route to his victory in the Maryland Sprint Stakes Trainer Michael Maker has a knack for turning claiming horses into graded stakes winners. He did it on Friday when Last Judgment, a $62,500 claim, won the Grade 3 Pimlico Special on the opening day of Preakness weekend at Old Hilltop in Baltimore, Md. He accomplished the feat again on Preakness day Saturday when Special Reserve captured the Grade 3, $150,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes, three rac...
Maker Records Another Claiming Success With Last Judgment In Challenger Sponsored by: Last Judgment winning the Challenger Stakes with Daniel Centeno aboard Trainer Michael Maker has a history of turning mid- to high-priced claiming acquisitions into graded stakes winners and Last Judgment is just the latest to join that roll of success stories. The 5-year-old gelding by Congrats, claimed for $62,500 last October at Belmont Park, registered a 2 3/4-length wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's Grade 3 Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, the first of four graded stakes at the Oldsmar...
Sponsored by: Trainer Michael Maker The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $900,000 Wednesday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 10th day of the Championship Meet Sunday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,206.26. The jackpot pool is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to...