Mr. Jagermeister wins after a long drive

Mr. Jagermeister, among the best Minnesota-bred racehorse ever, won the $100,000 Chesapeake Bay Stakes by 1 ¾ lengths Saturday at Colonial Downs, earning a robust 97 Beyer Speed Figure.

Getting there was half the battle.

Trainer and part-owner Valorie Lund drove Mr. Jagermeister from her Canterbury Park base to Colonial, which sits some 30 miles southeast of Richmond.

“It took me about 26 hours,” said Lund. “I like to stop several hours, feed them, watch them, give them breaks. They do all right with that.”

Mr. Jagermeister returned to Canterbury on Monday, and provided he continues to look well, Lund will run him back Sept. 1 in the statebred-restricted $100,000 Minnesota Sprint. Mr. Jagermeister, now 9-3-2 from 16 starts, is 6 for 6 facing Minnesota-breds and no one has gotten within four lengths of him in those races.

“There will be graded stakes in his future this fall, I think,” Lund said.