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.
Private Terms Stakes winner Shake Em Loose, once a $16,000 claim, is among seven late nominees to the Triple Crown.
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.
With Charles Town dark until January, trainer Jeff Runco will send three runners to Laurel Park stakes, including a pair for the 2yo Heft Stakes.
Monday Morning Qb, winner of Laurel Park’s Heft Stakes in December, may hop the Derby trail in the Feb. 1 G3 Withers at Aqueduct.