Fort Washington, MD — Richard Hans’ homebred Nobody Knows It rolled to yet another easy victory in Thursday’s (Oct. 1) $10,000 second-round Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Rosecroft Raceway, but she also etched her name into the track record book by way of a 1:55 performance.
With Corey Callahan at the controls, the Betting Gangster S-Goo Luck Charm filly controlled splits of :27.3, :56.1 and 1:25 before evading stablemate That’s It For You (driven by Russell Foster) by 12-1/2 lengths to equal And Just Like That’s divisional standard, set in 2025.
Nobody Knows It, who remains undefeated through seven starts, boasts an aggregate winning margin of 48-1/2 lengths, has gone off at odds no longer than 1-5 since her debut, and has banked $101,625 in purses.
In other Maryland Sire Stakes action:
• Shootout ($2.20) and driver Roger Plante Jr. are eyeing a second Maryland Sire Stakes series sweep after fending off Cash Is Better by 1-1/2 lengths for a career-best 1:56 win in the second of two second-round preliminaries for 2-year-old male pacers. It was the fifth consecutive victory for the Wearinmysixshooter-The New Americana colt, whom Steve LeBlanc trains for Glenn Dyke, LeBlanc Racing and James Stuart.
• In The Worst Way and driver Corey Braden scored a third straight win, defeating Areallyfastcar by 1-1/4 lengths in 2:01.2 in the lone 2-year-old male trotting section. Herman Hagerman trains the Il Mago-Greatestofease gelding for Hagerman Racing.
The other divisional winners were:
• pacing gelding Octavian (Frank Milby, $2.80), who held off pocket foe Major Dapper by 1-3/4 lengths in 1:55.2 for trainer Clifton Green;
• pacing filly Miss Annie Oakly (Braden, $30.80), who rallied off stalled cover to upend pacesetter R U Kidding by a neck in 1:59.2 for trainer Nola Leager; and
• pacing filly Sweet Cougar (Plante, $21), who stalked a pressured pace and emerged out of traffic to defeat Ashley’s Talent by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:58.1.
The top nine point-earners from all eight divisions will reunite at Rosecroft on Sunday, Oct. 11, for the $800,000 Maryland Showcase of Champions. Post time for the special Sunday card will be 6 p.m. (EDT).
Live harness racing returns to Rosecroft on Monday (Oct. 5) with a 13-race program and a Jackpot Hi-5 carryover of $1,055. First post is 7:15 p.m. For free handicapping resources and more information, visit www.rosecroftraceway.com.