MassCap Coming Back
Reports the Boston Herald today:
In a move that is already generating buzz in racing circles, Fields and his fellow track owners are weighing plans to spend well over $1 million on the event …
“Bringing back the historic MassCap is just one component of our extensive plan to return racing to greatness at Suffolk Downs,” [lead owner Richard Fields] said in a statement.
He and fellow owners, who include Hub concessionnaire Joseph O’Donnell, are now busy hammering out the details of their plan to bring back the MassCap, most likely in September.
The Massachusetts Handicap dates back to Suffolk Downs’ opening in 1935 and was a G2 race until this year; it lost its graded status after being cancelled two years running. Its last renewal was in 2004, when Offlee Wild, Funny Cide, and The Lady’s Groom treated a packed grandstand to a thrilling three-way stretch duel in which Offlee Wild prevailed by a nose.
