Full Field of 12 Entered in Laurel's Barbara Fritchie

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Xtra Heat, an Eclipse Award winner, took the last two runnings of the seven furlong Fritchie. This year's field includes seven multiple stakes winners.

The 7-5 morning-line choice is Bear Fan, who made the trip to Maryland from Southern California the afternoon of Feb. 11. Trained by Wesley Ward, Bear Fan won a pair of California-bred races in 2002 and competed in graded stakes company last summer. Ryan Fogelsonger has the mount on his first day back in Maryland.

Laurel Park-based Gazillion leads the local contingent. The Hamilton Smith trainee has eight wins and 15 in-the-money finishes in 16 starts. The 5-year-old has three career stakes wins, all at Laurel. Ramon Dominguez is named to ride.

Here's the field for the Fritchie, with jockeys and weights, from the rail out:

1 River Cruise, (TBA), 113 pounds
2 Wallop, (TBA), 109
3 Balmy, Stewart Elliott, 115
4 Gazillion, Ramon Dominguez, 116
5 Bronze Abe, Eric Rodriguez, 117
6 Worldly Pleasure, Jose Caraballo, 113
7 Pleasant Note, Dyn Panell, 110
8 Bear Fan, Ryan Fogelsonger, 116
9 Shiny Sheet, Jeremy Rose, 118
10 Jester Rahab, Mike Luzzi, 112
11 Bamba, Shaun Bridgmohan, 111
12 City Fire, Rick Wilson, 114

The Winter SprintFest also features the $200,000 General George Handicap (gr. II) at seven furlongs Feb. 16.