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.
Raging Whiskey’s win in the Capote Stakes at Los Alamitos gave sire Bourbon Courage, standing in Maryland, his first stakes winner.
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.
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.
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.
Bachelor’s Bait made an impressive debut Saturday at Laurel Park and has her connections thinking of her half-sister, graded winner Tequilita.
