Still Having Fun fastest in tuneup
Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Terp Racing’s Grade 2 winner Still Having Fun blazed through his lone breeze Saturday in advance of his next scheduled start in the $250,000 General George (G3) on Feb. 15 at Laurel Park.
Jockey Feargal Lynch was aboard as Still Having Fun went 5 furlongs in one minute over Laurel’s main track, the fastest of 12 horses at the distance.
Lynch has been named to ride in the 7-furlong General George. Lynch has been Still Having Fun’s regular work partner since the 5-year-old Old Fashioned gelding returned to Keefe’s barn after getting a break following the Churchill Downs (G1) last May.
The General George will be his third start off the layoff, having run second in the Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial Dec. 7 at Laurel and fifth in the Toboggan (G3) Jan. 18 at Aqueduct.
The 44th running of the General George for 4-year-olds and up and the 68th renewal of the $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) for fillies and mares 4 and older, both at seven furlongs, headline a Winter Carnival program featuring eight stakes worth $800,000 in purses.
A trio of $100,000 stakes will also be held during Winter Carnival, the biggest day of Laurel’s ongoing winter meet – the 1-mile Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds and 1 1⁄16-mile Wide Country for 3-year-old fillies, and the 1 1⁄16-mile John B. Campbell for 4-year-olds and up.
NBA G League: The Washington Wizards announced that Anzejs Pasecniks, Gary Payton II and Admiral Schofield were all assigned to the Capital City Go-Go, the team’s NBA G League affiliate.
Pasecniks began the season with the Go-Go before earning a two-way contract with the Wizards. He was converted to a multiyear contract with Washington in January and has averaged seven points and 4.7 rebounds per game in 20 appearances.
Payton II has played in 21 games with the Wizards after earning a Gatorade Call-Up in December from the South Bay Lakers, averaging 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. The Oregon State product appeared in two games for Capital City last season while on a 10-day contract with the Wizards.
Schofield has started in 23 games this season with Capital City, averaging 16.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.
In addition to the three assignees, Washington two-way players Garrison Mathews and Johnathan Williams will also be available for Capital City.
Memorabilia: The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a bobblehead featuring Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson riding a raven.
The bobbleheads were produced for the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum by FOCO, an official licensee and manufacturer of Baltimore Ravens and NFL merchandise.
Wearing a purple No. 8 jersey, the smiling Jackson bobblehead is holding a football and sitting atop a black raven on a base with the Ravens’ logo.
Each bobblehead will be individually numbered to only 2,020, and they are available through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store at store.bobblehead.com.
The bobbleheads are $40 plus a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order and will ship to customers in June.
Outdoors: Writer Tim Campbell will be the Pasadena Sports Fishing Group’s guest speaker at its Monday meeting at Earleigh Heights VFC, 161 Ritchie Highway, Severna Park.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30. Meetings are free and open to the public. Go to pasadenasportfishing.com. Men’s college hockey: Stevenson scored four unanswered goals to erase a secondperiod deficit as the Mustangs posted a 6-3 United Collegiate Hockey Conference victory over Neumann on Friday night at Reisterstown Sportsplex.