Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Three-year-old Street Lute will gun for her sixth consecutive win — all stakes — when she stretches out to a mile in Saturday’s Beyond the Wire Stakes.
In a guest opinion, a former Maryland Racing Commission counsel says that a judge’s recent ruling on the 2020 Geisha Stakes missed the mark.
A circuit court judge ruled that the Maryland Racing Commission’s hearing procedures deprived petitioners of a fair hearing and remanded a case involving the 2020 Geisha Stakes.
Street Lute has been the hottest runner in a Jerry Robb barn that itself is on a lengthy hot streak. She’ll try to keep it going in Saturday’s Wide Country.
Three-year-old Street Lute won her fourth straight stake and fifth overall with a dominant performance in the Xtra Heat Stakes.
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.
Miss Nondescript and Street Lute, one-two in the Maryland Million Lassie, meet again in Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship.
Street Lute, beaten favorite in last month’s Maryland Million Lassie, made amends with an easy win in Saturday’s Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park.
Trainer Jerry Robb is set to saddle three on Maryland Million day — including two in the Lassie — but not defending Distaff champ Anna’s Bandit.
