Russell hoping to get one more win with Post Time
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Post Time may stand his first breeding season at Northview Stallion Station next year, but Brittany Russell made sure to point out that the announcement on Oct. 23 did not mark his retirement. The Mid-Atlantic superstar remains in Russell’s barn for now, and she is still holding out hope that she can send him out a winner before his career comes to a close.
“It would be really cool if we could let him go out on a win,” Russell said. “But look, obviously, we’ll only do that if he’s telling us he’s ready for it.”
Though Post Time has earned two graded stakes victories and finished second in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, nothing stands out quite as much as his once-undefeated record at Laurel.
Between October 2022 and September 2025, the Maryland-bred won all 10 starts at his home track, an unprecedented streak that finally came to an end when he was upset by Barbadian Runner in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic on Oct. 11. Barbadian Runner, a 3-year-old gelding, has pulled off several incredible victories for trainer Henry Walters this year, but defeating Post Time was a crowning achievement for the rising star.
The Maryland Million defeat could very well prove to be a bittersweet end to Post Time’s sparkling career, but if Russell has it her way, the 5-year-old may get one more chance to wrap things up in the winner’s circle. Russell does not have a race or destination in mind, but she still has time.
“We ran him back quick a couple times,” Russell said. “So I’m just kind of letting him tell us when he’s ready to do something and we’ll make a plan from there.”
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