Filly Aye a Song nearly beat males in the Tri-State Futurity, and with her main rival not in the West Virginia Futurity, figures to seal the deal Saturday.
Saturday’s allowance feature at Laurel Park will be a showdown including two stakes-winning distaffers; plus Laurel Park racing notes.
Laurel Park unveiled a nearly $2 million winter stakes schedule, topped by the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie and Grade 3 General George in February.
Ben’s Cat is among 45 nominated to next Wednesday’s Fabulous Strike at Penn National, where a win would mark his fourth in the event.
Among the Maryland Racing Commission’s decisions today: approving two stakes as “Win and You’re In” races for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan.
The state Racing Commission today approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s request to run 153 days of live racing 2016 — an increase over ’15.
The weekend’s MIdlantic stakes winners, summed up.
A pair of juveniles, Awesome Speed and Lost Raven, scored their first stakes victories today at Laurel Park on the De Francis Dash undercard.
Runner-up Gentlemen’s Bet was placed first via disqualification in today’s $350,000 De Francis Dash at Laurel Park.
Hot City Girl was tons the best in posting a sharp eight-length score in today’s $100,000 Safely Kept Stakes for three-year-old fillies at Laurel Park.