Laurel Park has six stakes on its Saturday card, and here are six quotes to tell the day’s tale, from favorites and longshots alike.
Caribou Club has set course records in his last two starts, including Saturday at Laurel, and may be bound for the Breeders’ Cup, his owner said.
Shippers Killybegs Captain and Caribou Club took the G3 De Francis Dash and G3 BWI Turf Cup, respectively, on a big day at Laurel Park.
Sharing, a Graham Motion-trained juvenile filly impressed in the Selima and may be Breeders’ Cup-bound, and stablemate Irish Mias took the Laurel Futurity.
Our photographers are here, there and everywhere today and have the scene from the PA Derby, Charles Town Oaks, and De Francis Dash.
With a bigger purse and longer distance, Laurel’s Selima Stakes may be poised to become more prominent, and trainer Phil Schoenthal’s one who welcomes it.
Glorious Empire, a Grade 1 winner in 2018, will make his first start of ’19 in Saturday’s G3 BWI Turf Cup at Laurel Park.
New York Central, winner of the Maryland Sprint Handicap in the spring, looks to recapture his best form in Saturday’s De Francis Dash.
Graded stakes top the news, including two Grade 1s and more, in the Week in social media.
Trainer T. J. Aguirre, 24, will send out longshot Benny Havens in Saturday’s $200,000 Laurel Futurity — the first stakes starter of his career.