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Posted on Monday, October 16th, 2006
LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Due moved to front on the far turn and pulled away to win the $250,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park on Saturday.
Due, a 5-year-old gelding bred by King Leatherbury and trained by Dale Capuano, covered 1 3/16 miles in 1:58.38 and paid $21.80 to win.
The victory capped the second-biggest day of racing in the state after Preakness Day — a $1.48 million, 12-race card restricted to the Maryland-breds. The event drew a crowd of 24,836, the second largest in the 21-year history of the Maryland Million.
Diamond David, a 21-1 shot, was second while favorite Cherokee’s Boy was fifth.
Due, who won for the eighth time in a 33-race career, was ridden by 18-year-old Anna Napravnik, Laurel’s leading rider.
In the Maryland Million Distaff, Silmaril outgunned New York-based Yolanda B. Too in a stretch duel to win the seven-furlong race for fillies and mares by 3 lengths.
In the Maryland Million Nursery for 2-year-old colts, Clifton Park went wire-to-wire to win by five lengths under Napravnik.
Deliver the Roses, the lone filly in the Maryland Million Turf Sprint, came from the outside post in a field of 11 and won by 1 3/4 lengths
Also, Ironton upset 3-5 favorite Celtic Innis and won the Maryland Million Sprint by 6 lengths, and Private Scandal won the Maryland Million Turf.
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