Two Notch Road, now 11 years old and having earned over $500,000, heads the field for Saturday’s White Oak Farm Stakes at Laurel Park for Virginia-breds.
New York shipper Split Time took Laurel Park’s Saturday feature, the $75,000 Alma North Stakes.
Journeyman jock Victor Carrasco has a pair of mounts on Sunday at Laurel Park — his first after being injured nine months ago.
Talented sophomore Limited View will run at her preferred Laurel Park racing strip in Saturday’s Alma North, in which she is the second choice.
Two-year-old Congrats Gal impressed in winning at first asking today at Laurel Park, capping a productive weekend for trainer Cal Lynch and his operation.
Bonus Points was clearly best in last year’s Maryland Million Classic and will take a step towards a defense in a Laurel Park allowance on Saturday.
The Laurel Park summer stakes schedule features 13 races worth $1 million combined during the 40-day meeting, which begins June 1.
Claudio Gonzalez ran away with the Laurel Park trainer title, while rider Jorge Vargas finished fast to lead all jocks in wins at the track.
Goodonehoney, smashing winner of the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel, breezed five furlongs Friday towards a possible date in the G2 Black-Eyed Susan.
In Laurel’s second baby race of 2018, Maryland-bred Our Braintrust sat off the pace before powering to victory under Jorge Vargas, Jr.