With neither having raced since the prior Top Midlantic-bred Poll, three-year-old Luna Belle and Just One Time remained atop the tables.
Just One Time was the voters’ unanimous choice as top older horse among Midlantic-breds, while Luna Belle held down the top spot among sophomores.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2022, Grade 1 winner Just One Time is tops among older horses while Luna Belle, undefeated this year, leads 3yos.
The next step on the local route to the Preakness is Saturday’s Private Terms Stakes, and it looks to be a wide-open affair.
Luna Belle impressed again in the Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park, while fellow soph Local Motive recaptured his winning ways in the Miracle Wood.
Charles Town shipper Coastal Mission — a full brother to multiple stakes winner Lewisfield – looks to take the Md Juvenile Championship today.
Two-time stakes winner Local Motive will tackle seven rivals in the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
Wins in a pair of Laurel Park juvenile stakes Saturday had the connections of Local Motive and Buy the Best reflecting on how meaningful those wins were.
Trainer John Salzman, Jr. sent out two promising juveniles with very different outcomes during an eventful Timonium stand.