Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2013 Maryland Million Classic Stakes.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2013 Henry Clark Stakes.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2012 Jennings Handicap.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2012 Harrison Johnson.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2011 Jennings Handicap.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2011 Maryland Million Classic.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2011 Japan Racing Association Stakes.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club
Eighttofasttocatch wins the 2011 Harrison Johnson Memorial Stakes.
Photo: Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club| Trainer | Timothy L. Keefe |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Forest Boyce |
| Owner | Sylvia E. Heft |
| Breeder | Dark Hollow Farm & Herringswell Stable |
| Eighttofasttocatch View Five-Cross Pedigree | Not For Love | Mr. Prospector |
| Dance Number | ||
| Too Fast to Catch | Nice Catch | |
| Fast Chop |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FTMSEP2007 Hip 540 |
Yearling | Arnold Heft | Dark Hollow, agent | $47,000 |
Sylvia E. Heft's Eighttofasttocatch led from start to finish and won the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic Oct. 19 at Laurel Park for the second time in the past three years. Last year the son of Not For Love finished fifth.
Sylvia E. Heft's Eighttofasttocatch returns to the Maryland Million Classic for the third year in a row, looking for his second victory in the 1 1/8-mile feature on the Maryland Million Day card at Laurel Park.
Odds-on choice Last Gunfighter collared pacesetter Eighttofasttocatch in the final furlong and drew off by 4 1/4 lengths for his sixth consecutive victory May 17 in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (gr. III) in Baltimore, Md.
John Gunther's Last Gunfighter, who has won five in a row since his maiden victory last October, will invade Maryland and face mostly locally based horses in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (gr. III) May 1.
Eighttofasttocatch has been tabbed as the 9-5 favorite as he goes for a repeat in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park Oct. 6.
Laurel Park received 155 pre-entries, which includes cross-entered horses, for the Oct. 6 Jim McKay Maryland Million program.
The Pimlico Special (gr. III), returning to the Pimlico racing calendar after a three-year hiatus, has drawn a sold field of 10 handicap horses, headed by Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II) winner Alternation.
Toby's Corner, who when last seen handed champion Uncle Mo his first loss in the Wood Memorial (gr. I), makes his comeback in the $200,000 General George Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 20 at Laurel Park.
Favored Eighttofasttocatch wins the Maryland Million Classic to highlight Maryland racing's big day.
The 26th Jim McKay Maryland Million attracted 111 entrants to the 11-race program which will be held Oct. 1 at Laurel Park. The total purses are worth more than $1 million.
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