Multiple G3 winner El Areeb, away since a March injury, is entered to make his return in Saturday’s City of Laurel Stakes at Laurel Park.
Three-year-old No Dozing donned blinkers for the first time, found himself on the lead, and went on to win the Concern Stakes at Laurel Park.
No Dozing, placed in four graded stakes, is 6-5 on the morning line for the seven-furlong Concern Stakes at Laurel Park.
Five Maryland-based runners finished first or second in stakes company out of town this past weekend, including four in graded races.
Trainer Arnaud Delacour likens his role training babies to that of a teacher with a roomful of precocious students: he “can’t wait for school to start.