LRL: Capuano aims trio at Private Terms
Dual stakes winner Hollywood Import gets nod as favorite
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March 20, 2026
Trainer Gary Capuano entered three high-quality 3-year-olds in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms Stakes at 1 1/16 miles.
The Private Terms shares co-billing on the nine-race “Spring Stakes Day” card with the $100,000 Beyond the Wire Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at one mile.
Hollywood Import, owned by Pocket 3’s Racing, is the 2-1 favorite on the morning line set by Ed DeRosa of Horse Racing Nation.
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Hollywood Import is preparing to stretch out around two turns for the first time after winning two stakes at seven furlongs at Laurel Park.
In his latest race, the $100,000 Spectacular Bid on February 4, Hollywood Import held off a strong stretch challenge from Close the Gate to secure a front-running victory.
“It was a game race,” Capuano said admiringly. “[Close the Gate] got his neck in front of him. It looked like we were going to be second. Once that horse got by him, he dug in and was able to prevail. He’s been solid. He runs good races. Still, the two turns, you think he’s going to be fine, but we won’t know until we run it.”
Hollywood Import used pacesetting tactics in his stakes wins, as Capuano realized the colt dislikes kickback.
“With him, it looks like he’s not a fan of the kickback,” Capuano added. “I’m thinking we’ve got to let him roll out of there and see what happens. He definitely runs better when he’s on the lead.”
All three of Capuano’s entrants completed a one-mile workout together last Saturday at Laurel Park. Let’s Go Lando and Wild Warrior ran the distance in 1:43.20. Hollywood Import finished in 1:44.80.
“I was trying to keep [Hollywood Import] in behind the others to get the kickback, and get a little education,” Capuano admitted.
Let’s Go Lando, owned by Eagle Up Stables, London Reid Thoroughbreds, and Non Stop Stable, was listed as the 5-2 second favorite on DeRosa’s line. The Maryland-bred gelding has improved significantly since being gelded and extended to longer distances.
Let’s Go Lando, a six-length winner of a first-level allowance at Laurel Park on January 10, then earned a career-best 86 Beyer Speed Figure when second, beaten by a neck, in the Miracle Wood Stakes on February 21. The winner of the Miracle Wood, undefeated Taj Mahal, is aiming for Aqueduct’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes on April 4.
“He hooked up with a nice horse, obviously,” Capuano said. “He was really game. That one-turn mile was a long duel, and those two fought it out. It looked like for a second there he might have a shot of getting by that horse, and he couldn’t quite get there. It was a huge effort, a big number, and he’s trained well since then.”
Rose Petal Stable’s Wild Warrior, listed at 5-1 on DeRosa’s line, won a first-level allowance at 1 1/16 miles on December 14, then finished fifth, beaten by 3 ¼ lengths by Hollywood Import in the Spectacular Bid.
“He’s more of a two-turn horse,” Capuano noted. “He actually did run a really good race [in the Spectacular Bid]. His form doesn’t show it, but he was inside, kind of bottled up a little bit. He didn’t get the best of trips that day, but he held on well. The two turns is really going to help him a lot. I’m expecting him to move forward pretty good. Drawing the outside with him is going to be fine. He’s got enough speed, but he’s outside, and he can track like he’s done a couple of times.”
Capuano is switching out his jockeys like he’s playing musical chairs.
The meet’s top rider, Yedsit Hazlewood, who piloted rail-drawn Let’s Go Lando in three of his last four races, will steer Wild Warrior in the Private Terms.
J. G. Torrealba led Hollywood Import to victory in the Spectacular Bid, but rides Let’s Go Lando on Saturday.
Mychel Sanchez, who partnered with Hollywood Import in the Heft, gets that mount back from post four.
“I’m keeping them all guessing,” Capuano said with a laugh. “Hazlewood likes them all, but he likes Wild Warrior and Let’s Go Lando. Let’s Go Lando ran a huge race with him last time, and he still seems to like Wild Warrior.”
Last year’s Maryland Juvenile Stakes winner, Code of Silence, and stakes-placed performers Lundi Loot and Higher Sense round out the field.
PRIVATE TERMS ENTRIES
| Post | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | Let’s Go Lando | 5-2 | Torrealba J | Capuano Gary | Eagle Up Stables, London Reid Thoroughbr |
| 2 | Code of Silence | 5-1 | Cruz A | Keefe Timothy L | Mount Peru Farm |
| 3 | Lundi Loot | 4-1 | Rocco J S Jr | Ashby Lynn | Lynn A. Ashby & Dr. Thomas Bowman |
| 4 | Hollywood Import | 2-1 | Sanchez M J | Capuano Gary | Pocket 3’s Racing LLC |
| 5 | Higher Sense | 8-1 | Lopez C E | Penaloza Miguel | Lyno E. Maraspin |
| 6 | Wild Warrior | 5-1 | Hazlewood Y | Capuano Gary | Rose Petal Stable LLC |
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