7/2/2023 0 Comments Plash phelps![]() ![]() He broke and I tried to take the horse and sit behind but he was rank and I couldnât control him much at the beginning. I think he can run better when you can take him back a little more and save some ground,â Karamanos said. âHe broke sharp out of the gate and I tried to relax him but the seven horse came out and made me go wide on the turn so I couldnât save any ground. Horacio Karamanos replaced injured Trevor McCarthy in the Mister Diz â a race Benâs Cat had won six straight years from 2010-15. The future is not as certain for 11-year-old Benâs Cat, a five-time Maryland-bred Horse of the Year and multiple Grade 3 winner looking for his first victory since last April. 19 at Laurel, a race he won last year, would be next on the agenda for Phlash Phelps, now a seven-time winner from 17 lifetime starts. ![]() Turning for home I was able to get outside and he got the job done.â Jenkins said the 1 1/8-mile Find Stakes Aug. ![]() âI stopped hitting him because he doesnât like to get hit. âI felt like if I got him to the outside he would get running, and he was running at the end,â Carrasco said. English Minister, racing along the rail, and Talk Show Man, flying late on the outside, gave chase but ran out of racetrack. Carrasco set Phlash Phelps down for a drive after straightening for home and they were able to forge a short lead as Spartianos drifted back. He dug right in and ran good.â Breaking outside all but three horses including Benâs Cat to his immediate right, Phlash Phelps got caught in a bit tight leaving the gate but settled in along the rail before Carrasco swung six wide approaching the stretch to give him clear run at pacesetting Spartianos, who led through a quarter-mile in 22.90 seconds, a half in 45.14 and five furlongs in 56.38. As soon as he hit the front, the horse was coming on the outside but he wasnât getting by him. I could tell at the head of the lane they might beat him, but they were going to have to run to do it. âThis horse is so talented, he overcomes a lot. The horse tried real hard,â winning trainer Rodney Jenkins said. Today I thought we were up against it because he hadnât sprinted since he broke his maiden. The back-to-back winner of the Maryland Million Turf last raced at a sprint distance in his April 2015 maiden victory going five furlongs. Phlash Phelps, with regular rider Victor Carrasco aboard, was making his first start since being beaten a nose in a third-level optional claiming allowance Nov. Benâs Cat, a 26-time stakes winner and earner of more than $2.6 million lifetime, raced uncharacteristically close to the front early before fading to finish ninth, his eighth straight loss. It was another neck back to late-running Talk Show Man (13-1) in third. Phlash Phelps ($7), narrowly favored at 5-2 over Spartianos in a competitive field of 11 older horses, ran six furlongs in 1:08.40 over a firm Fort Marcy Turf Course to win by a neck over 9-1 long shot English Minister. Other stakes contested over Laurelâs world-class turf course, all for Virginia-bred/sired horses, were the $75,000 Edward Evans and $75,000 Nellie Mae Cox at one mile, and the $75,000 White Oak Farm and $75,000 M. The 34th running of the Mister Diz for 3-year-olds and up was the last of six turf stakes worth $450,000 in purses on the 11-race âClass on the Grassâ program and the second restricted to Maryland-bred/sired horses, following Daylight Aheadâs win in the $75,000 Jameela fillies and mares 3 and older. LAUREL, MD â Hillwood Stablesâ Phlash Phelps, a two-time Maryland-bred turf champion racing for the first time in seven months at a distance he hadnât tried in more than two years, rallied to the lead in mid-stretch and held off a pair of late long shot challengers to win Saturdayâs $75,000 Mister Diz at Laurel Park. All Rights Reserved.World-Class Turf Course Serves Up Six Stakes Worth $450,000 Tomorrow we have, for you, another "local landmark." Headed to Catonsville for this one. I follow him, and daily I just smile at what he puts up. He travels everywhere and finds the oddest, and craziest things that he incorporates online and into his radio show daily. Want some fun follow him on Facebook, "Plash Phelps." He told me his immediate neighbors know his job, but none of the others in the neighborhood have any idea he is talking to the United States, and the world, live mornings Monday through Friday from their zip code.Īnother "local Gem" making Baltimore, and it's legendary radio history, proud. Who Knew? Radio is, after all, "theater of the mind." It's what comes out of that speaker that counts. In a cozy home studio filled with digital, and computers, about 5 of them, he talks to the world from your own backyard. He put the 4-hour back and forth commute time he did not have to do into making his show even more America friendly. ![]()
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