Fan favorite Ben’s Cat couldn’t get it done today, finishing fifth behind Mosler in the Laurel Dash.
Onus set a course record in winning the Lady Baltimore Stakes at Laurel Park, while Renown cruised in the Laurel Turf Cup.
Three Laurel Park undercard stakes were won by horses making their first tries in stakes company, one with a rider winning her first-ever stake.
Trainer Larry Jones brings a live pair to Saturday’s DTHA Governors Day Stakes, though Tim Ritchey’s Ain’t Got Time is favored.
Made Me Shiver won Monmouth Park’s Sorority Stakes for juvenile fillies, giving trainer Steve Asmussen a sweep of the track’s two primary two-year-old events.
Pennsylvania-bred Lucy N Ethel improved to four-for-four and earned her second graded victory in Saratoga’s G2 Prioress Sunday.
Tip Tap Tapizar rallied late to edge Holiday Bonus and take Monmouth Park’s top juvenile event, the Sapling Stakes.
Cathryn Sophia was tons the best in winning the Princess of Sylmar yesterday at Parx. Next up: a showdown with undefeated Songbird in the Cotillion.
The top two juvenile races of the Monmouth Park meet — the Sapling for two-year-olds and the Sorority for the distaff set — take place this weekend.
More than 200 horses were nominated to six Laurel Park stakes on the track’s opening Saturday, September 10.