Harry Papaleo's homebred Maida (f, 4, Improbable–Eve Giselle, by Five Star Day) went wire-to-wire to earn her first graded victory in the GII Honorable Miss Stakes at Saratoga Sunday. The 6-1 shot spurted out to a clear early lead, taking the field through a quarter in :22.20. She was under threat from favored Grand Job (Justify) as the half was up in :44:95. Grand Job appeared to briefly gain a narrow advantage, but Maida battled back, put the favorite away in deep stretch and pulled away to score by 1 1/2 lengths over late-flying Haulin Ice (Coal Front). Grand Job just held on for third. The time for the six furlongs was 1:10.43.Maida strung together three straight victories last year, from her 9 1/2-length maiden score at Laurel in June, to an optional-claiming win at Delaware in August, to an eight-length stakes triumph in the Sept. 20 Weather Vane Stakes back at Laurel. She ended 2025 with a sixth-place effort in the Oct. 18 GII Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland and she returned with a 10 1/2-length romping victory in the June 27 Alma North Stakes at Laurel last time out. Lifetime Record: 7-5-0-0. O/B-Harry Papaleo (Ky). T-Brittany Russell.Back-to-back stakes wins for MAIDA as she wins the Grade 2 Honorable Miss Stakes pres. by Mionetto under @SheldonRussell1 for trainer @BTRracingstable. pic.twitter.com/8KhyPg2S33— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) July 26, 2026The post Improbable’s Maida Wires the Honorable Miss appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.