Ben’s Cat looks to surpass Safely Kept in earnings with
Laurel Dash win
With a victory Saturday afternoon in the $100,000
Saturday’s program will feature five $100,000 open stakes races on the turf
The Laurel Dash drew 11 entries, including one on the also-eligible list. The
Ben’s Cat, who became the seventh Maryland-bred to reach $2 million in
“I am surprised there are that many horses against us but it seems like it is
The eight-year-old Ben’s Cat will be conceding four to 10 pounds to his
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“He is doing great. We should have won last time. We
clipped heels and still almost won,” said Julian Pimentel, who will be aboard
Ben’s Cat for the 31st time Saturday. “It is crazy to say but he is doing just
as good as ever, maybe even better. He is unbelievable. Early in his career he
was green but now he is so professional. He knows what he has to do and goes
about his business.”
The gelded son of Parker’s Storm Cat is 3-1-0 from five races this year and has 27 wins in 42 career starts for earnings of $2,165,990.
Champion sprinter Safely
Kept earned $2,194,206 during her 31-race career in the late 80’s-early 90’s.
“It is primarily the same horses we have been running
against,” Leatherbury added. “We are all set. With a decent trip, we will win.”
Four of the 10 runners entered in the Laurel Dash have
faced Ben’s Cat through the years, including Stormofthecentury, A P Elvis, Bold
Thunder and Night Officer, who was third in this race a year ago.
“I think six-furlongs will be good for him,” said Sheldon
Russell, who will be aboard Night Officer for the first time. “It looks like
there is some speed in the race which will be good for us. I am just going to
try and get a perfect trip because Ben’s Cat is certainly the horse to beat but
with his style of running he needs a good trip but he is the horse I will try to
follow.”
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