Severe weather delayed the start of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes by an hour and 14 minutes May 16 at Pimlico Race Course on a stormy afternoon in Baltimore. Maryland-based trainer Brittany Russell took everything in stride as navigated the delay of the race and prepared Black-Eyed Susan Stakes entrant Reply for her first start on a wet (sloppy) track.
A big, maturing filly with only two races entering the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, Reply finished willingly to take fourth behind winner Margie’s Intention in the Black-Eyed Susan on biggest racing weekend of the year in Maryland.
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