Two barns with a combined total of three wins in 2014 came up big in Laurel stakes Saturday, which left trainers Lilli Kurtinecz and Bruce Alexander beaming.
Maryland’s Heritage Stallions has added Seville, a Group 1 winner by Galileo, to its stallion roster.
Our weekend stakes gallery features Monmouth’s final stake of the season and a half-dozen turf stakes from Laurel Park.
And the final (unofficial) results of the seventh leg of the Maryland Handicapping Series are…
Dreamsgonewild stalked the early pace before moving to the lead and holding off late-running Ben’s Cat to win the Laurel Dash.
Manchurian High rolled up late to win the Laurel Turf Cup and give trainer Lilli Kurtinecz her first stakes victory.
Madame Giry narrowly held off the late run of Monster Sleeping to win the Jameela Stakes for Maryland-breds at Laurel Park.
Medea closed from off-the-pace to post a half-length score in the Lady Baltimore Stakes at Laurel Park.
Cyclogenisis proved his impressive maiden score was no fluke when he blitzed the Laurel Futurity field today to win by five.
In a race full of stakes winners, it was recent maiden-breaker Miss Bullistic who proved best, rolling to a 1 1/2 length win.