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OCTOBER 27, 2021
Ajax Downs • $39,820 440 yards • :21.824 • si 103
Corona Cartel
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Dashin Follies
All Mitey Dash Purely Social
MARYLAND MAGIC, ‘14-h. Purley Un Social
Alex Picov Memorial Champ.
MARYLAND MAGIC
by Michael Cusortelli
Maryland Magic, a 7-year-old son of PYC Paint Your Wagon trained by Jason Pascoe, outran his
9-1 odds to win the 440-yard Alex Picov Memorial Championship at Ajax Downs on Oct. 27.
Campaigned by Milena Kwiecien of Burlington, Ontario, and racing against a reported 17-mph head wind on a track officially labeled “good,” Maryland Magic made
his quarter-mile trip in :21.824,
and his margin of victory was
a neck from Countrys Comin
Bac. The Maryland-bred stallion was ridden to victory by Rafael Hernandez, who at the time of his win stood second in the jockey
standings at the nearby Woodbine Thoroughbred meet.
Maryland Magic was bred by Stephen M. Harris, and he was stretching out in distance just seven days off of a second-place finish
in a 110-yard $11,629 allowance dash at Ajax Downs. Raced in Ontario and three U.S. states, the stallion has won 13 of 43 starts, and the $18,739 winner’s share of the $39,820 Alex Picov Memorial Championship purse pushed his earnings to $122,706.
Harris bred Maryland Magic out of winner Purley Un Social. The mare has produced three winners from five starters, including East
Coast Prince, who was a finalist
in the 2009 Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Futurity-RG1. Maryland Magic is her first stakes winner.
Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center) was second under Cassandra Jesschke for owner Ralph Pearson for trainer Don Reid. Had To Be Ivory (Ivory James- Had To Be Fandango) finished third under Cory Spataro for owners Carol and Jaime Robertson and trainer Bryn Robertson.
Firing Red Jess (Mr Red Jess- Easily Holland) and Spy For
The Senate (Louisiana Senator- Corona Spy) completed the order of finish.
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