After five straight wins to start her career, Nobody Knows It extended her unbeaten streak to six as the fall Maryland Sire Stakes kicked off on Thursday, Sept. 24 at Rosecroft Raceway.
A pair of $14,085 two-year-old trotting divisions, conducted as non-wagering events, saw summer series champs kick off their respective fall series in victorious fashion.
Richard Hans trainee Nobody Knows It maintained her undefeated record with a 1-3/4-length, 1:57 win for driver Corey Callahan over stablemate Thats It For You (Russell Foster) in the filly trot. Hans also owns the Betting Gangster S-Goo Luck Charm filly, now a winner of $134,822 in her six appearances.
In The Worst Way lowered his lifetime mark to 2:02.3 for driver Corey Braden with a 1-1/2-length victory over My Mago (Jared Moyer) in the male trot. Herman Hagerman trains the Il Mago-Greatestofease gelding for owner Hagerman Racing.
Following a clean sweep of the summer Maryland Sire Stakes series for two-year-old male pacers at Ocean Downs, Shootout kicked off the fall Maryland Sire Stakes series for the same division with a career-best 1:56.1 victory in his $14,085 first-round preliminary. Roger Plante Jr. drove the son of Wearinmysixshooter-The New Americana, a half-length winner over Octavian (Foster).
Trainer Steve LeBlanc's LeBlanc Racing shares ownership in six-time winner Shootout with breeder Glenn Dyke and James Stuart. As the 1-20 favourite, Shootout paid $2.10 to win and he bumped his earnings to $118,186.
The other first-round divisional winners were:
• Major Dapper ($46), a Dapper Dude-See Major colt driven by Shane Griffith to a 1:57 win for owner/trainer Ronald Short
• Paddy The Baddy ($10.80), a Nuclear Breeze-Toms Twinkle filly driven by Tim Deaton to a 1:57 win for owner/trainer Howard Birney
• If I Win Uwin ($3.60), a Dapper Dude-Aubergine Hanover filly driven by Brandon Givens to a 1:57.3 win for trainer Les Givens and owner J M B Ventures
The Maryland Sire Stakes fall series continues Monday (Sept. 28) with second-round preliminary action for three-year-olds. All eight series will culminate Sunday, Oct. 11, with $100,000 USD finals on Rosecroft's Maryland Showcase of Champions program.
Racing at Rosecroft resumes Monday with three non-wagering Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries beginning at 6 p.m. (EDT) and a 14-race pari-mutuel card beginning at 7:15 p.m. The Jackpot Hi-5, offered in the final race, will have a carryover of $5,439.46.
(edited press release from Rosecroft; photo of Nobody Knows It from a previous victory)