Saturday’s New Year’s Eve card was also Ladies’ Day at Laurel Park, with four female trainers and a couple distaff runners grabbing the spotlight.
High Ridge Road, nipped last out in the Grade 3 Go For Wand, wore down By the Moon to take today’s Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel Park today.
Heaven’s Runway wore down favored Chief Lion to win today’s Dave’s Friend Stakes at Laurel Park.
John Jones returned to his Maryland base triumphantly, taking the Jennings Stakes in a race marred by the fatal breakdown of Just Jack.
Ms Locust Point galloped to an easy win in today’s Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel Park.
The closing day of Laurel Park’s winter meet Saturday will feature five stakes, a Pick 6 carryover of more than $12,500 — and a mandatory payout.
Jockey Jevian Toledo will win his second major Maryland meet title this season, as he holds a 13-win lead over his nearest rival.
Trainer Cal Lynch’s Laurel Park barn will send out three runners in Laurel Park’s two juvenile stakes this Saturday.
Laurel Park heads into its final weekend of 2016 with a pair of carryovers, both of which have mandatory payout provisions for December 31.
The New Year’s Eve card at Laurel Park includes five stakes, among them a pair for juveniles and one for Maryland-breds.