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.
Runners currently — or formerly — in the barn of trainer Gary Capuano will figure prominently in a pair of Laurel Park juvenile stakes on Saturday.
Caprice won Laurel’s Gin Talking Saturday to tie for the national lead in wins among 2-year-olds, while One Man Team impressed in the Heft.
Four-time stakes winner Caprice could cap a stellar freshman campaign in Saturday’s Gin Talking at Laurel Park, while the Heft is a wide-open affair.
Trainer Butch Reid’s barn won almost 20 stakes this year, capped by Carmelina’s decisive win in Saturday’s Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel Park.
Two-year-olds will take center stage for the final Laurel Park stakes of 2023, as Saturday’s Gin Talking and Heft close the stakes calendar.
Malibu Moonshine, 2-for-2 in her young career and coming off a stakes win last out, looks to go three-for-three in Monday’s Gin Talking at Laurel Park.
First-off-the-claim Shake Em Loose paid $120,80 to win the Heft Stakes at Laurel Park Sunday, one of two juvenile stakes on the day.
Three-time winner Beneath the Stars will step up into stakes company for the first time in Sunday’s $100,000 Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel Park.
Three-time stakes winner Street Lute is a solid choice in Saturday’s Gin Talking at Laurel Park, while Brittany Russell has a couple in juvenile stakes.