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R5-Poseidons-WarriorPOSEIDON'S WARRIOR, a three-year-old colt out of POISED TO POUNCE, posted his fourth career stakes win and seventh career black-type performance by rallying to capture Penn National's $75,000 Lebagoter Stakes on Nov 23.

Bred by Dark Hollow Farm in partnership with William Paca Beatson, POSEIDON'S WARRIOR previously won Penn National's East Hanover Stakes in July, Delaware Park's New Castle Stakes in October and Monmouth's NATC Futurity as a two-year-old.

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Haydens-heroTwo-year-old colt HAYDENS HERO drew off to an impressive 3 1/2-length maiden score Wednesday evening November 16th at Penn National.

 

Out of the longtime Dark Hollow Farm mare NIN TWO and by the homebred PARTNER'S HERO, HAYDENS HERO was bred in Pennsylvania by long-time friend and former Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders' Association Mark McDermott.

 

HAYDENS HERO is a full sister to Grade-2 New York stakes winner NEW YORK HERO.

 

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Sylvia E. Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH won just as an odds-on favorite should, running down the speed and bounding away to victory in the $150,000 Classic, the feature race contested under rainy conditions on Jim McKay Maryland Million day at Laurel Park.
EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH was bred in partnership with H. Graham Motion's Herringswell Stables and is out of the currently retired mare TOO FAST TO CATCH.
The Maryland Million is the most important racing day at Laurel Park with 11 races for runners sired by Maryland-based stallions for combined purses totaling $1.05 million. The 26th annual event drew a crowd of 20,907 Saturday afternoon. Attendance figures have exceeded 20,000 on twenty-two occasions.
Jockey Sheldon Russell was at the controls as yet another Not For Love offspring captured yet another race on Maryland’s Day at the Races.  It was also the second year in a row that Russell had won the Classic. Last year he guided Regal Solo to victory in the Million’s signature race.
“The key is to get him to relax,” said Russell. “Mud doesn’t bother him because he’s run well on it before. I was a little concerned because the speed horse didn’t break, but it worked out. I got him to switch off and then he came back running. I was lucky that way. Since they’ve taken the blinkers off of him he’s been very hard to beat.”
Tim Keefe trains EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH, who has won seven times at Laurel including the Japan Racing Association Stakes in his previous start.
“This was our ‘A’ race,” said Keefe. “He’s been training like a good horse. We’ve worked hard on getting him to track the speed and today that turned out perfect. The five post didn’t hurt us either. He really finished down the lane. This horse loves Laurel Park. The older gets the better he’s become.”
Jorge Chavez sent Regal Warrior out to an uncontested lead in the 1-1/8th mile test, leading by as much as six lengths before Eighttofasttocatch began to close in on his target. Regal Warrior surrendered the lead, Eighttofasttocatch moved to the fore and drifted out before being straightened away to win by 1-3/4 lengths. Cactus Charlie finished second and Not Abroad was third.

OvewrTheMoonThree-year-old filly OVER THE MOON became Dark Hollow Farm's second Maiden Special Weight winner in as many days by wiring the field by 3 1/2 legnths at Charles Town on November 3rd.

OVER THE MOON covered the 4 1/2 furlongs in :53.72 and was ridden by Travis Dunkelberger who also guided stable mate PLUM to her maiden win at Laurel one day earlier.

By leading sire MALIBU MOON out of CLEVER PHRASE, OVER THE MOON is a half sister of graded stakes winner READY'S IMAGE who captured Saratoga's G2 Sanford Stakes in 2007. 

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Plum_MSWDark Hollow's homebred filly PLUM turned in a gutsy performanace Wednesday November 2nd at Laurel Park by digging in to notch her first win in just her second career start by capturing a Maiden Special Weight race by 1/2 of a length.

The impsoing chestnut filly by PURE PRIZE is out of BAMBA and covered the 1 1/16 mile in 1:48.2 under the stewardship of Travis Dunkelberger.

PLUM is a half-sister to the STORMY ATLANTIC colt U BOAT ALLEY who has earned over $115,000 in a three year career.

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Sylvia E. Heft’s Eighttofasttocatch exploded by the pacesetters and won as his rider pleased in the $75,000 Japan Racing Association Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at Laurel Park Saturday, September 10th.
The race was contested at one mile on the main track after being switched from the turf. With regular rider Sheldon Russell attending a wedding in the United Kingdom, Malcolm Franklin piloted the 5-year-old gelded son of Not For Love out of the pensioned mare Toofasttocatch. They raced comfortably in third for most of the trip before easing out at the top of the lane, accelerating to the lead and galloping away.
“I’d describe it as explosive,” said Franklin. “He was rating nice behind a horse. Once I found some room he kicked on and gave a nice turn of foot.”
The Tim Keefe trainee completed the distance in 1:35.43 and won by 4-1/2 lengths over Nacho Friend. Indian Dance finished another three-quarters length back in third. Bred by Dark Holoow Farm along with Graham and Anita Motion's Herringswell Stables, Eighttofasttocatch, who will likely make his next start in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic on October 1.

Eighttofasttocatch-01Sylvia E. Heft’s EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH exploded by the pacesetters and won as his rider pleased in the $75,000 Japan Racing Association Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at Laurel Park Saturday, September 10th. 

The race was contested at one mile on the main track after being switched from the turf. With regular rider Sheldon Russell attending a wedding in the United Kingdom, Malcolm Franklin piloted the 5-year-old gelded son of Not For Love out of the pensioned mare TOOFASTTOCATCH. They raced comfortably in third for most of the trip before easing out at the top of the lane, accelerating to the lead and galloping away. 

“I’d describe it as explosive,” said Franklin. “He was rating nice behind a horse. Once I found some room he kicked on and gave a nice turn of foot.” 

The Tim Keefe trainee completed the distance in 1:35.43 and won by 4-1/2 lengths over Nacho Friend. Indian Dance finished another three-quarters length back in third. Bred by Dark Hollow Farm along with Graham and Anita Motion's Herringswell Stables, EIGHTTOFASTTOCATCH, who will likely make his next start in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic on October 1.

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