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C l i v e C o h e n P h o t o g r a p h y
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Ajax Downs • $16,416 250 yards • :13.044 • si 105
Corona Cartel
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Dashin Follies All Mitey Dash
Purely Social
MARYLAND MAGIC, 14-h. Purley Un Social
QROOI Sprint Series #3
MARYLAND MAGIC
by Tracy Gantz
Jason Pascoe trained three entrants in the 250 yard $16,416 QROOI Sprint Series #3 Stakes at Ajax Downs on Sept. 8 for owner Milena Kwiecien. The collaboration resulted in a win with Maryland Magic and a third with Carneros.
Jess A Sweet Suprize, winner of
the first two Sprint Series Stakes at Ajax this year, went off as the favorite. Maryland Magic was the 3-1 third choice and the most well backed of the Kwiecien/Pascoe trio. With Ismael Mosqueira aboard, Maryland Magic battled with Jess A Sweet Suprize
for the lead and reached the wire 3/4-length in front, stopping the timer in :13.044 for a 105 speed index.
Stephen M. Harris bred Maryland Magic in Maryland, and the horse initially ran for his breeder in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Maryland Magic began racing for Kwiecien at Ajax Downs in mid-2017 and has scored all 12 of his lifetime wins at the Canadian track. He has placed in five stakes.
Harris bred Maryland Magic out of winner Purley Un Social. The mare has produced three winners from five starters.
Craig Spada owns and trains Jess A Sweet Suprize (Sweet First Down- Jess Curl My Prize), who ran second under jockey Cory Spataro. In addi- tion to the two Sprint Stakes wins
this year, the five-year-old mare fin- ished second in the 2020 QROOI Sprint Series #1 Stakes.
Ricardo Moreno rode Carneros (Prospect To The Top-Cakebread And Thou) to third for Pascoe
and Kwiecien. Last year Carneros won the QROOI Sprint Series #1 Stakes, and the six-year-old gelding has placed in six other stakes during his career.
Completing the field were Night Fishn (Sugarman Perry-Fisher Lines), Chicksdigmymoneybags (Chicks Regard-Aaneta), Silken
Siri (Desirio-Silken Memories), and Favorite Pearl (Favorite Cartel-Super Perla Negra)
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