Far from a tired sequel, Quint’s Brew and Blue Kingdom are on track to meet for the fifth straight time in the $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park. Quint’s Brew will be going for his fifth career stakes victory, while his snakebit archrival is still looking for his first.Trainer Tim Kreiser said Point Dume, who would have been the favorite in the Whiteley, will instead run in the Grade 2 Carter on Saturday at Aqueduct.Ned Allard also cross-entered Quint’s Brew in the Carter after finishing second in that race last year, but the trainer is likely headed to Laurel. The field in New York will feature more than Point Dume, as sprint champion Book’em Danno and the undefeated colt Rated by Merit will make their 2026 debuts.“I’m not Allen Jerkens, the Giant Killer,” Allard said. “I’m not sure I could kill those giants in there, but we’re in a good spot in Maryland.”With Point Dume defecting from the field of seven at Laurel, Quint’s Brew and Blue Kingdom will be left among runners with more to prove. The seven-furlong sprint could be another perfect stage for the geldings, and trainer Jamie Ness said Blue Kingdom’s time is coming.“We’re due,” Ness said. “He beat me, I beat him, he beat me. I hope we’re due this time. Obviously, there are other horses in the race, but it’s been a good rivalry.”Not all of the meetings between them have been stirring – both Maryland-breds finished well behind Slam Notion in the $100,000 Bender Memorial in December and Point Dume in the $200,000 General George in February. Blue Kingdom’s runner-up effort in the latter race marks the only time he has finished ahead of Quint’s Brew.But when both runners have had a winning chance, the results have been cinematic. In the $100,000 Jennings in January and $100,000 Not For Love in March, Quint’s Brew showed his mettle in photo-finish victories over Blue Kingdom, twice denying him his long overdue stakes triumph. Ness still expects a breakthrough, and with Mychel Sanchez in New York, Yedsit Hazlewood will take the mount in the Whiteley.“He rides for me there and rides for me here at Parx,” Ness said. “All the confidence in the world in him, even though he’s an apprentice. He’s a very talented rider.”The first meeting between the two runners, an uneventful matchup in the $75,000 Star de Naskra in June 2024, is often forgotten. Their paths diverged sharply for a time after that race. Quint’s Brew returned in 2025 as an instant Mid-Atlantic success, while Blue Kingdom was claimed by Ness for $30,000 last July and had to claw his way into stakes contention.Now, the terms are as even as they’ve ever been. Blue Kingdom has already come within inches of putting away one of Laurel’s best, but Quint’s Brew has not let him past when it counted. Allard said he’s only getting better after a harsh winter.Worcester, the Whiteley winner last year, was claimed for $40,000 by trainer Kieron Magee in December. He will return to stakes company Saturday on a two-race winning streak, leading a strong group of last-out allowance runners that also includes Crab Daddy and Counterspy.