BALTIMORE - The race flow in Saturday’s $100,000 Skipat Stakes for fillies and mares at six furlongs was to Cheetara’s liking, and the 6-year-old mare rallied down the center of the track to defeat Olivia Darling by a neck in 1:09.95 over a fast main track. Trained by Ignacio “Nacho” Correas for Stud Los Leones, Cheetara and jockey Vincent Cheminaud raced midpack and three wide as Maryland-bred speedsters Princess Kokachin and Edie Meeny Miny Mo sparred through an opening quarter of 22.58 seconds. Princess Kokachin dismissed Edie Meeny Miny Mo following a half-mile clocking of 45.14, and turned into the stretch with a open lead. Meanwhile, Cheetara angled four paths wide, and commenced her late challenge. Princess Kokachin took them to inside the sixteenth pole but started to merely go up and down. She was swarmed by the closers in the final yards with Cheetara’s grinding gear working best on the line. I’m the Boss of Me never looked like a winner, but gamely split rivals to finish a half-length behind Olivia Darling in third. Next came Princess Kokachin, Oxana, favored Gunning, Street Lute, and Edie Meeny Miny Mo. Beguine and Golden Effect were scratched. Cheetara returned $36 to win as the second-highest price on the tote. :: Bet the races on DRF Bets! Sign up with code WINNING to get a $250 Deposit Match, $10 Free Bet, and FREE DRF Formulator.  “She ran a good second the last time, but today, my trainer and I knew that the pace would be very fast,” Cheminaud said in the winner’s circle. “We tried to get her a little more relaxed, and finish very well.” A 6-year-old mare by Daddy Long Legs, Cheetara began her career in her native Chile. She won three of nine races there, including the Group 2 Haras de Chile at 1 1/4 miles. Correas took over Cheetara’s training during the summer of 2021 and Cheetara immediately paid dividends. She won four of her first eight starts in the United States, including the Seeking the Pearl traveling seven furlongs at Colonial Downs, and the Crestwood Stakes during the spring of 2022 at Hawthorne. After the Crestwood, Cheetara seemingly went off form, finishing third in Laurel Park’s Alma North on July 16 before going unplaced in her next three starts. Going into the Skipat, Cheetara had two prior starts this year. She finished third, 4 3/4 lengths behind runner-up Princess Kokachin in a high-level allowance at Laurel on Feb. 24 before finishing second in a similar spot at Keeneland after battling for the early lead. Gunning, the older half-sister to Kentucky Derby winner Mage, raced between horses while directly inside the winner on the backstretch, but was soon outpaced, and could only rally belatedly. She might want a bit more distance. Jim McKay Turf Sprint It pays to be patient with a talented horse, and the connections of Beer Can Man proved that point in the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at five furlongs on firm turf. Breaking from the far outside post, Beer Can Man and Flavien Prat pressed a three-ply pace outside That’s Right and Nothing Better through a two-furlong clocking of 21.63 seconds. Nothing Better put away That’s Right after a half-mile in 43.96 seconds, but Beer Can Man soon chugged along outside of the leader. They came together nearing the wire with Beer Can Man’s momentum propelling him to a neck win in 55.56 seconds. Beer Can Man returned $9 as the third choice in the betting. Favored Coppola finished another 3 1/2 lengths back in third. Completing the order of finish were Artemus Citylimits, Noble Emotion, That’s Right, Determined Kingdom, and Breakthrough. Kenny Had a Notion, Uncle Ernie, Smokin’ Jay, Fore Harp, and Grateful Bred all were scratched. Beer Can Man made the first four starts of his career for owner-breeder Ron Patterson and trainer Thomas Short before being purchased by Little Red Feather Racing and Sterling Stables prior to the colt’s victory in the Grade 3 Cecil B. DeMille going a mile at Del Mar. Beer Can Man then placed in two stakes at Santa Anita and captured an allowance race during the 2021 summer season at Del Mar. That September he was awarded first purse money in Parx Racing’s Grade 3 Turf Monster Handicap.  :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Madaket Stables purchased a piece of Beer Can Man prior to a high-level allowance victory in November 2021 at Del Mar. After a heartbreaking nose loss in the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez at Santa Anita on New Year’s Day 2022. After that race, Beer Can Man was transferred from trainer Mark Glatt to Phil D’Amato. Beer Can Man ran third in the Grade 3 San Simeon in a downhill turf sprint at Santa Anita in February 2022, then was forced to the sidelines for 426 days due to injury. Returning as gelding, he finished fifth, beaten two lengths by Front Run the Fed, in a conditioned allowance at Keeneland prior to shipping to Pimlico for the McKay Turf Sprint. “We have so many partners here and it’s a credit to them for the patience they exuded waiting for this horse to come back,” said Billy Koch, founder and managing partner of Little Red Feather Racing. “He had a little injury that took him a long time to recover from. I am so proud of the horse. It took a lot to come back from a layoff like that.” A 5-year-old son of Can the Man, Beer Can Man has won half of his 14 lifetime starts with career earnings of $514,164. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.