A pair of full siblings are among nine entered in Saturday’s $75,000 Jennings Stakes at Laurel Park.

The one-mile Jennings, restricted to Maryland-bred or -sired runners, is one of four stakes to be contested on the day.

Captain Quint (20-1) and Quint’s Brew (5-1) are both sons of Mosler, and both are out of the winning Jump Start mare Gansett. And their names? Captain Quint, the shark hunter in the classic movie Jaws, was seen pounding down a Narragansett beer during the movie; that Rhode Island beer is known to its fans as ‘Gansett.

Both Captain Quint and Quint’s Brew will make their first starts since the summer and first for new trainer Ned Allard.

[Read more about Gansett’s offspring.]

Stakes-placed Quint’s Brew was last seen finishing third in the June 29 Star de Naskra.

“I’ve had him now close to two and a half months,” Allard said. “He had grabbed his quarter and was pretty uncomfortable on it. They gave him three weeks off, and he’s been very impressive in the way he trains.”

Allard also conditions Quint’s Brew’s older full brother, Captain Quint, who makes his stakes debut in the Jennings, his first start since July 31.

“He just needed a break,” Allard said. “He’s also been training dynamite, and he’s out of conditions. It’s not easy finding a spot for him. It might be a little bit ambitious, but as well as he’s training, it’s not like he’s a dud by any means. If he put in one of his better races, I’m hoping he gets a good piece of it from a little off the pace.”

Both were bred by Paul Berube and Karen Linnell, along with others, and both are owned by those two.

Jamie Ness will send out the favorite in the form of Speedyness (3-2).

Multiple stakes-winner Speedyness, undefeated from three starts at Laurel’s one-turn mile configuration, is the morning line favorite after just missing by a head in the Robert T. Manfuso on Dec. 21.

“His last two races were winning races,” Ness said, also referencing Speedyness’s third-place effort in the City of Laurel on Nov. 30. “He just got beat. He has a high cruising speed. He’s game, a fighter. We’re ready to go.”

Others likely to take some wagering action include sharp recent allowance winner Feeling Woozy (8-1); the improving stakes-placed Hittheroadjak (6-1); Kentucky shipper Big Blue Line (9-2); and 2023 Maryland Juvenile winner Circle P (8-1).

Two-back allowance winner Whiskeyinthejaro (20-1) and 2024 Maryland Million Classic winner Brilliant Ice (10-1), fourth in two subsequent starts, complete the field.

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