Saturday’s Maryland Million Classic is headed by last year-s runner-up, Prendimi, and Grade 3 Pimlico Special winner Harpers First Ride.
Second on debut, Lugamo, a Florida-bred Chitu colt, won easily at Laurel Park Friday to graduate from the maiden ranks.
Premier Star won the Jersey Shore, Laurel Park reopens, and more, in the week in social media.
Be Sneaky, a homebred daughter of Into Mischief for Lael Stables, won at first asking Thursday at Laurel Park.
Four 2019 champions, including Maryland Million Classic winner Forest Fire, are among the horses pre-entered for this year’s Maryland Million October 24.
While the Tesio Stakes winner usually competes in the Preakness, this year’s champ Happy Saver skipped it – and instead won the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
The stakes-placed Clear Vision bounced back from a disappointing effort at Pimlico to win Laurel Park’s featured allowance on Sunday.
Trevor McCarthy rode three stakes favorites among the five Virginia-restricted stakes Friday at Laurel Park, and he booted all three home to victory.
Edward P. Evans Stakes winner Largent is 2-5 on the morning line for Friday’s Bert Allen Stakes for Va-breds, which tops the Laurel Park card.
The fall stakes schedule at Laurel Park will feature nearly three dozen races with combined purses of more than $3.2 million, including the Maryland Million.