Eres Tu Helps Toledo Complete Christmastide Stakes Day Hat Trick In Allaire Du Pont At Laurel Sponsored by:
Eres Tu winning the Allaire du Pont
Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson s homebred Eres Tu kept her perfect comeback season intact and became a graded-stakes winner in the process with a popular one-length triumph in Saturday s $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3) at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md.
The 27th running of the 1 1/8-mile du Pont for fillies and mares 3 and up, traditionally contested over Preakness (G1) weekend, was moved following racing s return from the coronavirus pause to serve as the headliner on a Christmastide Day program that featured eight stakes worth $850,000 in purses.
Eres Tu Makes the Grade in Allaire du Pont
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Eres Tu Goes for Third Straight Win in Allaire du Pont
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Allaire du Pont Stakes Highlights Stakes-Heavy Christmastide Day Program At Laurel Dec. 26 Sponsored by:
Eres Tu winning the Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes in November
Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson s Grade 2-placed Eres Tu, unbeaten in two starts since returning from more a year layoff, goes after her third straight win and second in a stakes in the $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3) Saturday, Dec. 26 at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md.
The 27th running of the 1 1/8-mile du Pont for fillies and mares 3 and up, traditionally contested over Preakness (G1) weekend, was moved following racing s return from the coronavirus pause to serve as the headliner on a Christmastide Day program featuring eight stakes worth $850,000 in purses.
Canadian Champion Field Commission Dies At Age 15 Sponsored by:
Field Commission
Millionaire, multiple Graded stakes winner Field Commission died suddenly this morning in his paddock at Solera Farm, near Williston, Fla., from what appeared to be a heart attack.
Solera Farm s Krista Seltzer said, “He looked fine this morning and was playing in his paddock as he usually does when turned out.” Minutes later the chestnut stallion collapsed and died.
Bred by Minshall Farms in Ontario, owned and raced by Edward Seltzer, the son of Service Stripe (Deputy Minister) won or placed in 10 of 19 stakes starts (eight graded) earning $1,030,266 from three to seven. Field Commission was named Canada s champion sprinter as a 4-year-old, after a campaign in which he won Woodbine s Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes and G3 Vigil Stakes, and placed in four other graded races.