Yall Keep Dreaming, Brooksforreal repeat in Maryland Sire Stakes
from Ocean Downs Racing Publicity
BERLIN, Md. — After scoring first-round wins last week, Yall Keep Dreaming and Brooksforreal prevailed again as the odds-on favorites in their respective $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 25) at Ocean Downs.
Sent off the 1-10 choice in the lone trotting division, Yall Keep Dreaming and driver Johnathan Ahle accepted a pocket trip behind Magoo Will Do through splits of :30.3, 1:02 and 1:33.1 before emerging off the far turn and striding clear to win by 2-3/4 lengths in 2:03. Swervingmervin was third.
(courtesy K. Moyer Photography): Yall Keep Dreaming strode to his third win in as many career starts in Sunday’s Maryland Sire Stakes for rookie male trotters at Ocean Downs.
Yall Keep Dreaming, a Yall Beneath Me-Upside Blue Chip colt who competes as a homebred for owner-trainer Richard Hans, is now a perfect three-for-three in his career. He paid $2.20 to win.
Brooksforreal ($3.00), a Rusty’s For Real-Brooks Range gelding driven by Corey Braden for trainer John Wagner and owner Kelsey Wagner, likewise rode the pocket to victory in the first division for male pacers, drafting behind Rusty’s Lancelot before lifting to win by a nose in 1:58.1. Whosabrat finished third.
John and Kelsey Wagner completed a sweep of the pacing splits in the second division when More Medhurst ($4.40) was elevated to a 1:59 victory after Classic Cougar, with whom he dueled in the stretch, broke stride and was lapped on at the finish. Trae Porter drove the More The Better N-Doc’s Ravenna gelding to his maiden-breaking score.
The $12,000 Open Handicap Pace saw Bipbopnallie ($10.80) brush from third to the lead up the backstretch and ward off a late challenge from runner-up Lyons Stealth to win by a half length in 1:52.2. Porter drove the 7-year-old Artspeak gelding for trainer Steve LeBlanc and the partnership of LeBlanc Racing, Count De Money Stable and William Lutz Jr.
Porter led all drivers with four wins on the 12-race card; Ahle and Braden both recorded doubles.
Live racing returns to Ocean Downs on Wednesday (Aug. 28); first post is 7:05 p.m.
