MC MATZ’S ZTAM 4 FOR 4 AT OCEAN WITH WIN SATURDAY

Manley Brown, Jr. was the leading trainer at Rosecroft Raceway with 44
winners in 209 starts when the Fort Washington track closed June 28.
Brown has taken many of his trainees to Ocean Downs and fared very well
with them there. Brown’s eleventh win during the current summer meet was
with Mc Matz’s Ztam, a 7 year-old gelding, which won Saturday night July
26 (1:56.4, $4.40). The son of Sportsmaster from Funny Clown edged four
year-old Broule Hanover in a photo-finish and now has won four straight
at the ocean, the first three with John Wagner in the bike. With Wagner
unavailable Saturday, Ray Robinson, Jr. stepped in as the pilot.
Robinson earned his 23^rd win of the meet and is now only 20 wins shy of
the 1,000 career-win driving mark.

Mr Love Joy, a ten year-old gelding was seeking his fifth win of the
meet, but incurred a break and did not finish in a race won by Casimir
Bad Boy (1:56.4, $2.80). The nine year-old is trained by Shawn Armour
and was driven by Brandon Givens, who logged a driving double and has 13
wins for the summer meet. Givens also had the lines as four year-old
Crucial Escape, trained by Ronald Short, won her third at the ocean this
summer (1:59.2, $5.00). Wayne Long and Eric Ledford also posted
driving-doubles Saturday. Long now has 13 driving wins during the meet
while Ledford leads all drivers with 35.

Live racing continues with a Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
evening format through closing night August 24. First post is 7:35 pm.
Many stakes races are set during the final sixteen nights in the 40-day
meet. For further information, call Ocean Downs (410) 641-0600.

Jim Whittemore, Publicity Director