It took a while to get Taj Mahal to the races, but the wait was worth it, as the $525,000 yearling romped home Friday at Laurel Park.
Apprentice rider Yedsit Hazlewood and trainer Brittany Russell easily earned their respective titles during the Laurel Park fall meet.
The Brittany Russell-trained James F. Lewis, III Stakes winner Balboa, recently third in the G2 Remsen, will try his luck in the Jerome at the Big A Jan. 3.
Upsets were the order of the day in a pair of Laurel Park juvenile stakes, with Hollywood Import and Peach Tie winning the Heft and Gin Talking.
Multiple graded stakes winner Post Time won Saturday’s Manfuso Stakes at Laurel Park to head to retirement with one last triumph, his 13th.
Debut turf winner Spidey Man made a smooth switch to dirt to win an allowance/optional claimer Friday at Laurel Park.
Onetime mid-priced claimer Zero Blitz stormed home in the final furlong to upset Saturday’s City of Laurel Stakes, and Grayson’s Girl also scored.
Maryland Million Distaff winner Onyx Ten will seek her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s Safely Kept at Laurel Park.
Balboa, a dominant winner of the James. F. Lewis, III Stakes at Laurel Park last week in his first in Brittany Russell’s barn, could try the G2 Remsen next.
Lute Warm, off since last December, made a triumphant return to action by taking Laurel Park’s Friday feature decisively.