Hello Beautiful Looks To Join Elite Company With Third Maryland Million Day Win

LAUREL, Md. (WJZ) — With a triumph astatine Saturday’s Maryland Million Day, 4-year-old filly Hello Beautiful would articulation immoderate elite institution successful the state’s equine racing history.

A first-place decorativeness successful the Maryland Million Distaff would beryllium Hello Beautiful’s 3rd triumph successful the yearly showcase of Maryland racing astatine Laurel Park, making her lone the seventh equine to triumph 3 of the event’s races since it began successful 1986, the Maryland Jockey Club said.

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Hello Beautiful antecedently finished archetypal successful the 2020 Maryland Million Distaff Handicap and the 2019 Maryland Million Lassie Stakes.

The astir caller equine to execute the feat was Eighttofasttocatch, victor of 3 Maryland Million Classics betwixt 2011 and 2014. The others are Ben’s Cat, Countus In, Docent, Mz. Zill Bear and Safely Kept, according to the Maryland Jockey Club.

In her past clip out, the acheronian bay filly by Golden Lad retired of Hello Now dominated the tract successful the Sept. 18 Weathervane Stakes astatine Laurel Park, winning by 10 1/4-lengths with jockey Jevian Toledo aboard. Hello Beautiful has won 3 of her 5 starts successful 2021, finishing 5th successful the Grade 3 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie Stakes astatine Laurel Park successful February and 2nd successful the Shine Again Stakes astatine Pimlico Race Course successful June.

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“She’s had a bully year, anyway. I similar to beryllium humble astir things,” trainer Brittany Russell said. “Our filly’s doing bully and I anticipation she runs her race. Just enactment humble and beryllium blessed that she’s healthy.”

In her career, Hello Beautiful has won 9 of 17 races and earned $524,610 successful prize money.

The seven-furlong Maryland Million Distaff is 1 of 8 stakes races connected the paper for Maryland Million Day, which annually features the offspring of stallions lasting successful the state.

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First station astatine Laurel Park connected Saturday is 11:30 a.m.

CBS Baltimore Staff