Shared Account will be a long shot again at Breeders' Cup

Trainer Graham Motion believes mare from Sagamore Farm could be primed for another upset in Filly and Mare Turf

Plan A since the day after Shared Account won at the Breeders' Cup has been to get back to it.

Now that she's there, all she has to do is pull off another major upset.

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Breeders' Cup World Championships

Where: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

When: Friday and Saturday

TV: Friday — 4 p.m.-8 p.m. on ESPN2 (Shared Account will run in the Filly & Mare Turf at 6:50 p.m.)

Saturday — 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. on chs. 2, 7 and 3:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on ESPN

Outlook: Marylanders will have much to root for in this weekend's Breeders' Cup races, as four trainers with local ties will take nine horses to the event and another two Maryland breds will also compete.

Fair Hill Training Center-based Michael Matz, who caught the public's attention as the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has two young horses in competition who are receiving favorable attention.

Matz's entries are Union Rags, the morning-line favorite in the Grade I Juvenile for 2-year-olds, and Somali Lemonade, the second favorite in the Grade II Juvenile Fillies (Turf).

"I'm very excited about the Breeders' Cup," said Matz, who was last there in 2006 with Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Round Pond. "They've both done everything we've asked. Neither one has lost yet."

Maryland native Tony Dutrow sends Grace Hall to post in the Grade I Juvenile Fillies (Dirt) as the second favorite.

Graham Motion has five entries: Shared Account, the defending champ in the Grade I Filly and Mare Turf; Aruna, also in the Filly and Mare Turf; Lucky Chappy and State of Play in the Grade I Juvenile Turf; and Hoofit in the Grade ll Turf Sprint.

And Mike Pino, who also trains at Fair Hill, has Perfect Officer going in the Grade II Turf Sprint (Turf).

Maryland-bred Ask the Moon will run in the Grade l Ladies Classic. The 6-year-old was sired by Malibu Moon, who stood at Country Life Farm at the time, and she won the Maryland Juvenile Championship at Laurel Park as a 2-year old.

And Havelock, another horse bred in the state, will race in the Turf Sprint. He is a son of Great Notion, who stands at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake.