Fourth and One broke his maiden by seven lengths in a one-mile dirt maiden special weight at Aqueduct on Friday, December 5, to become the 21st winner for his freshman sire Maxfield.
Previously Stakes-placed twice when second in the Funny Cide Stakes at Saratoga in August and third in the Sleepy Hollow Stakes at Belmont at the Big A in October, Fourth and One broke well and sat in a stalking second down the backstretch before taking command at the top of the stretch and pulling away to win easily by seven lengths under jockey Manny Franco.
Bred in New York by Chesapeake Farm & Rockridge Stud LLC, Tamie Semler, John McConnell, Fourth and One is out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Wajeeha, a half-sister to Listed winner and multiple Graded Stakes-placed Zainhom (by Street Cry).
Maxfield's other first-crop winners include four TDN Rising Stars in Liberty National at Churchill, Englishman, who earned a 97 Beyer on debut at Churchill, G1-placed Five Bars, and Magna Victor in Japan; plus Saratoga debut MSW winners Boomington and Rock It Rob, Churchill Downs debut MSW winner Lilies N Paradise, six-length Del Mar MSW winner and I'm Smokin' Stakes winner Max Ciao, and seven-length Ellis Park debut winner Just Asap.
Maxfield will stand the 2026 breeding season at Jonabell Farm for $50,000, stands and nurses.
