Copper Tax and Speedyness, separated by a combined total of one length in two previous meetings, meet again in Saturday’s Manfuso Stakes at Laurel Park.
Copper Tax won Friday’s Richard W. Small Stakes in his first try versus older, while Ms. Bucchero got her first stakes win in the Willa On the Move.
Three-year-old Copper Tax, a four-time stakes winner, has been working steadily towards his first start since June.
Copper Tax had all sorts of challenges in Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes and overcame them all. How tough a trip? We break it down.
Three weekend stakes offered the winners Preakness Stakes berths and thus could have Triple Crown implications.
The talented Copper Tax overcame trouble to win the Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park and punch a Preakness ticket – if his connections want it.
Copper Tax will leave from the far outside in Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park, and a Preakness berth awaits the winner.
Copper Tax bounced back from two subpar efforts to win a Private Terms Stakes thriller at Laurel, while Determined Driver dominated the Beyond the Wire.
The next stop on the road to the Triple Crown will be at Tampa Bay Downs in Saturday’s G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, worth 20 points to the winner.
Multiple stakes winner Copper Tax, beaten last out in the Grade 2 Remsen, continued to work towards a return to action with a Friday half-mile breeze.