Two-year-olds of both sexes raced in $95,000 Maryland Sire Stakes final on Wednesday night at Ocean Downs.
Driver Johnathan Ahle and breeder/owner/trainer Richard Hans swept the trots. And Just Like That took the lead past the 31 3/5 quarter in the Dale Massey Memorial for fillies and went on to an 11 3/4 length romp in 2:02 1/5, defeating Twisted Janet (Corey Braden) and Casino Star (Roger Plante Jr.).
By Betting Gangster S, she has three wins and a third from four outings, has pocketed $63,500 and paid $2.10 to win.
Booger Bear and Ahle sat in the pocket behind stablemate Y'All Got No Shot (Russell Foster) through opening-half fractions of 29 and 58 1/5 in the Hubert Jackson Memorial for the colts and geldings, then tipped out and took charge passing the 1:27 3/5 three-quarters. From there, Booger Bear held sway over Y'All Got No Shot by a length in 1:58 4/5 with Convicted Criminal (Les Givens) third.
A Y'All Beneath Me gelding, Booger Bear has a summary of 2-1-0 from four trips behind the gate, has put away $57,008 and returned $7 to win.
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Driver Corey Braden would capture both pacing finals, starting with gelding Better Gon in the Earl Wagner Memorial. After he was positioned fourth at the 28 1/5 quarter and 58 1/5 half, Better Gon tipped out and went by Beach Buggy (Foster) approaching the 1:27 2/5 three-quarters. Once he cleared, Better Gon came home in 29 2/5 to defeat Michelle's Kyle (Jared Moyer) by 4 1/2 lengths in 1:56 4/5. Inca Social (Plante Jr.) checked in third.
The winner, a son of More The Better N, is trained by Adrian Wisher Jr. for owner Frederick Weitz Jr. He's won all four of his tries, has banked $71,412 and paid $3.20 to win.
In the W.W. "Pete" Shaw Memorial for the fillies, I Say That Too and Braden led through fractions of 28 1/5, 59 1/5 and 1:29 on the way to a 1:59 1/5 victory. I'm Feeling Spicy (Eric Davis) came out of the pocket as they neared three-quarters and came up half a length short of the winner, and Pamfin (Plante Jr.) collected third.
Braden also owns the Stacey Mclenaghan-trained daughter of Rusty's For Real. I Say That Too made her second appearance in the winner's circle and also has a trio of third-place efforts in five appearances. She has earned $57,888 and returned $24.60 to win.