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shaping up to be a horse race to the wire, with series leader Topeador running stride for stride with challenger Sir Fieldmont. Michael Turner and Sir Fieldmont turned tip over tea kettle at the last, however, leaving Topeador to race home alone.
Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke was in attendance to view his homebred Big Nado winning the other division of the maiden hurdle. Middleburg rider Woods Winants rode the second-time hurdle starter.
“I bred this gelding [at my Elmendorf Farm] in Kentucky,” said Cooke. “As with all my runners, I give them a chance on the flat, and if they don’t produce, I send them to Dot Smithwick in Middleburg.
“This horse never won on the track, but by the way he won here today, I might just send him back to earn his living on the flat. He really showed ’em today. ... He won a big race here,” he added.
Big Nado, by Cooke’s stallion Big Spruce, won by a short length over Sparkling Wit with David Bourke.
A rider’s opportunity flat race rounded out the card Saturday. Irishman Dennis Byrne enjoyed his first racing win ever in the ll4 mile race. He guided Roderick Porter’s Colombier to a four-length victory over Union Belle and leading apprentice Marc Sharp.
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