Laurel Park stakes: Fair odds board * The Racing Biz

Laurel Park stakes: Fair odds board

The Biz
April 23, 2022

Laurel Park has five stakes on the agenda for April 23, and The Racing Biz has a free handicapping contest.

So we wondered: How do our contest players see the stakes playing out? Using their selections as our guide, we calculated the fair odds of each horse in each of the five stakes races. Here’s what they came up with:

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KING T. LEATHERBURY STAKES

The 5 1/2-furlong, grassy Leatherbury has attracted an evenly matched field of 10, and while there’s a 2-1 morning line fave, our ‘cappers didn’t see it quite as simply:

3. True Valour	7-2
9. Battle Station	5-1
2. Grateful Bred	5-1
1. American d’Oro	10-1
6. Ima Pharoah	10-1
5. Can the Queen	14-1
4. Fair Catch	14-1
7. Valued Notion	26-1
10. Rad Paisley	43-1
8. Dendrobia	215-1

PRIMONETTA STAKES

The six-furlong Primonetta for fillies and mares has attracted seven, including two — Princess Kokachin and Street Lute — from the Jerry Robb barn.

4. Princess Kokachin	5-2
7. Kaylasaurus	7-2
6. Street Lute	5-1
3. Prodigy Doll	9-1
5. Cinnabunny	11-1
1. Hope Has a Name	17-1
2. Paisley Singing	23-1

DAHLIA STAKES

Fillies and mares will go a mile on the turf in this contest, which often produces one or more runners for the Grade 3 Gallorette, which is part of the Preakness undercard. Linemaker Keith Feustle has made In a Hurry the 2-1 favorite, and our ‘cappers would be happy to take those odds.

6. In a Hurry	9-5
5. Traffic Song	7-1
8. Adelaide Miss	7-1
10. Deciding Vote	12-1
3. Out of Sorts	15-1
7. Foggy Dreams	19-1
4. Coconut Cake	21-1
9. Tic Tic Tic Boom	35-1
1. Fionnbharr	35-1
2. Mucha Mezquina	43-1
11. Dontletsweetfoolya	43-1
12. Double Fireball	43-1

NATIVE DANCER STAKES

The nine-furlong Native Dancer on the main track has a somewhat modest group of seven runners scheduled to face the starter with Parx shippers Forewarned and Bird King likely to take the most action. Our ‘cappers see it as largely a three-horse affair.

2. Forewarned	7-2
5. Bird King	7-2
4. Workin On a Dream	7-2
7. Plot the Dots	7-1
6. Ain’t Da Beer Cold	12-1
1. Rough Sea	26-1
3. Big Venezuela	35-1

HENRY S. CLARK STAKES

It’s a compact field of seven slated for this contest, with two — Field Pass and Chez Pierre — likely to take the most money. That’s what the morning line says, and that’s how our ‘cappers see it: